Zakarpats'ka

geographical name

Za·​kar·​pat·​s'ka ˌzä-kər-ˈpät-skə 

variants or formerly Carpathian Ruthenia

kär-ˈpā-thē-ən-rü-ˈthē-nyə 

-nē-ə

or Ruthenia

rü-ˈthē-nyə 

-nē-ə

region of western Ukraine south of the Carpathian Mountains capital Uzhgorod area 4942 square miles (12,800 square kilometers), population 1,258,264

Note: Zakarpats'ka was part of Hungary before 1918 from1939 to 1945. From 1918 to 1938, it was a province of Czechoslovakia.