Old East Slavic

Noun

краина ‎(kraina) f

1. region
2. state, country

Russian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *krajina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkraɪnə]

Noun

кра́ина • ‎(kráina) f inan ‎(genitive кра́ины, nominative plural кра́ины, genitive plural кра́ин)

1. (dialectal) outskirts, periphery, edge
2. krajina (used in the names of regions, a krajina is one of the regions inhabited mostly by Serbs in the former Yugoslavia)

Declension

Synonyms

• окра́ина ‎(okráina)

References

• Словарь русских донских говоров II, 87