Carpatho-Rusyn

Definition

A member of an east-Slavic ethnic group of the Carpathian mountains.

Etymology

From Carpatho- + Rusyn.

Example Sentences

• "Religion frequently divided East Slavs. By 1924, when the Ukrainians and the Carpatho-Rusyns were given separate Greek Catholic bishops, there were more than 235,000 members of the Ukrainian diocese (headquartered in Philadelphia) and[…]"