Softcover "Reference Dictionary of Ukrainian Names"

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It is now possible to purchase the softcover version of “English – Ukrainian and Ukrainian – English Reference Dictionary of Ukrainian Names” co-authored by Prof. Leonid Chernovatyi (University of Kharikiv) and Dr. Eugen Schochenmaier (ICOS). 

This edition has been published by a new start-up group Mondonomo and specially devoted to the Ukrainian given names, their transliteration and etymology. The work can be considered as one of the first bilingual Reference Dictionary of Ukrainian Names. It chronicles the naming patterns within Ukraine at a time when the country’s people, culture, and language are facing destruction and devastation. The creation of the given edition should be viewed as a move that comes out of solidarity with the people of Ukraine.

Thanks to the dictionary, English-speaking researchers have gained direct access to material that was previously not widely available. Dictionary also makes the work performed by Ukrainian researchers more visible in the international environment, contributing to the promotion of Ukrainian studies.

This is a compelling account of Ukraine’s cultural history, told through the prism of a carefully curated selection of key names arguing for a distinctly Ukrainian cultural identity. Organized thematically across nine chapters, the Reference Dictionary contains more than 6.000 given names forms with their corresponding English pairs, while accompanying information reveal the origin and significance behind the names. About 2.000 pet forms reveal their amazing Slavic morphological flexibility. All in all, it includes over 8.000 up-to-date dictionary entries with Ukrainian script, official Romanized form and non-standard spellings.