слава Україні

Ukrainian

Etymology

Coined during the 19th century during attempts to achieve independence from Tsarist Russian rule. The earliest known usage of this phrase was from a poem written by Taras Shevchenko, in the poem "До Основ'яненка" (To Osnovianenko) in 1840.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈsɫaʋɐ ʊkrɐˈjinʲi]
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Interjection

сла́ва Украї́ні! • (sláva Ukrajíni!)

  1. (politics) "Glory to Ukraine!", a patriotic slogan used to support Ukraine.

Coordinate terms
  • геро́ям сла́ва (herójam sláva, “glory to the heroes”), an accompanying greeting
  • СУГС (SUHS), an abbreviation of this greeting and its accompaniment
  • слава нації (slava naciji, “glory to the nation”), a patriotic slogan
  • Україна понад усе (Ukrajina ponad use, “Ukraine above all”), a patriotic slogan

Descendants
  • English: slava Ukraini
  • Russian: сла́ва Украи́не (sláva Ukraíne)
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