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Ukraine designates PepsiCo, Mars as 'international war sponsors' (kyivindependent.com)

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Ukraine's National Corruption Prevention Agency added major food corporations PepsiCo and Mars to the "international sponsors of war" list on Sept. 1.

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[-] lud@lemm.ee 25 points 1 year ago

What about:

the England
the Germany
the France
the Sweden
the Russia
the Poland

Normal country names don't begin with "the"

"The United States of America" makes grammatical sense. "The Ukraine" or any of the above doesn't .

[-] Streetdog@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

Except when you're from the Netherlands.

[-] espentan@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

That makes sense, again, grammatically. The low/lower/nether land.

[-] uranos@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

The Holland.

[-] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

In Dutch it's just called Nederland. "The" is added when referring to it in English since it makes more grammatical sense in English. The Low-Lying Lands.

Ukraine is its full proper name, from the original name of Україна, which can be romanized to Ukraine.