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Boiko

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • boiʹkô
  • boiʹkō
  • /ˈbɔɪkɔː/
  • /ˈbɔɪkəʊ/

1

name

Meaning 1

The dialect of Rusyn spoken natively by Boiky.

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2

name

Meaning 2

A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Бо́йко (Bójko)

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3

name

Meaning 3

A transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Бо́йко (Bójko)

Dmytro Viktorovych Boiko (born 1986), Ukrainian sabre fencer

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Any member of an ethnolinguistic group native to the Carpathians’ Eastern Beskyds who speak a dialect of Rusyn and are thought to descend from the White Croats.

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History

Etymology

From Ukrainian бо́йко (bójko).

Transliteration of Ukrainian Бо́йко (Bójko).

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Ukrainian: Бо́йківський го́вір (Bójkivsʹkyj hóvir) — dialect of Rusyn
  • Ukrainian: бо́йко (bójko) — member of the ethnolinguistic group native to the Eastern Beskyds
  • Ukrainian: верхови́нець (verxovýnecʹ) — member of the ethnolinguistic group native to the Eastern Beskyds