Ukrainica

• Ucrainica, ukrainica

First appears c. 1944, from Ukrainian украї́ніка (ukrajínika), influenced by Latin ukrainica.

Ukrainica (uncountable)

1. (Slavistics) Literature on the subject of Ukraine or Ukrainian people, especially regarding Ukrainian culture, language, or literature.
   • 1944, The Ukrainian Quarterly, v 1, Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, p 89:

     Ukrainica in American Periodicals [section title]

   • 1957, Books Abroad, volume 31, University of Oklahoma, page 439:

     Yaroslav Rudnyc’kyj, head of the Department of Slavic Studies at the University of Manitoba, came to the United States in mid-year of 1956 to make a study of the Ukrainian holdings at the Library of Congress and to organize an exhibit of rare Ukrainica in that institution.

   • 1978, James Howard Fraser, editor, Society & Children's Literature, D.R. Godine, page 89:

     The central children's room of the New York Public Library has as well a sampling of that Ukrainica published in New York City.

   • 2001, David H. Stam, editor, International Dictionary of Library Dictionaries, volume 2, Taylor & Francis, page 593:

     The following specialized divisions were created: periodicals, Ukrainica, manuscripts, old printed books, Oriental, cartography, and ephemera (advertisements, placards).