Pronunciation: ˌ zä-k ə r- ' pät-sk ə
Variant: or formerly Car · pa · thi · an Ru · the · nia \ kär- ' p ā -th ē - ə n-rü- ' th ē -ny ə , -n ē - ə \ or Ruthenia
Function: geographical name
region W Ukraine S of the Carpathian Mountains; part of Hungary before 1918 & 1939-45; a province of Czechoslovakia 1918-38 capital Uzhgorod area 4942 sq mi (12,800 sq km ), pop 1,265,900