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Do Not Call Ukraine 'The Ukraine'

U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster meet with Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 20, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Washington Post: Trump calls Ukraine the thing Ukrainians hate the most

As President Trump greeted his Ukrainian counterpart, Petro Poroshenko, on Tuesday at the White House, he made an unfortunate slip. “It's a great honor to be with President Poroshenko of the Ukraine,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, “a place that we've all been very much involved in.”

Trump was right: The United States has indeed long been involved with Ukraine — but unfortunately it's been adding a “the” to Ukraine's name for quite some time too. While it's an understandable mistake, it's also one that may leave many Ukrainians annoyed because of its awkward geopolitical implications.

Some countries include the definitive article in their name. This typically occurs when the name refers to a geographic entity or a political organization — for example, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, the Philippines — though it is often not considered an official part of the name. According to the CIA World Fact Book, only The Bahamas and The Gambia officially include “the” in their names.

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WNU Editor: I have been called to the carpet a few times on this blog for calling Ukraine "the Ukraine" .... and it is not because of ignorance .... my father is Russian-Ukrainian and I lived in Ukraine for awhile. And while I usually do call Ukraine .... Ukraine .... and not "the Ukraine" .... I do slip up. These things just happen.

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