free

en-adj

free (comparative freer or more free, superlative freest or most free)

freer (comparative)
more free (comparative)
freest (superlative)
most free (superlative)

From Middle English free, fre, freo, from Old English frēo (“free”), from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz (“beloved, not in bondage”), from Proto-Indo-European *priHós (“pleased, loved”), from *preyH- (“to please, love”). Related to friend.
cognates, etc
Germanic cognates include West Frisian frij (“free”), Dutch vrij (“free”), Low German free (“free”), German frei (“free”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian fri (“free”).
Other cognates include Sanskrit प्रिय (priyá-, “beloved”).
Germanic and Celtic are the only Indo-European language branches in which the PIE word with the meaning of "dear, beloved" acquired the additional meaning of "free" in the sense of "not in bondage". This was an extension of the idea of "characteristic of those who are dear and beloved", in other words friends and tribe members (in contrast to unfree inhabitants from other tribes and prisoners of war, many of which were among the slaves – compare the Latin use of liberi to mean both "free persons" and "children of a family").

inh

there ain't no such thing as a free lunch

why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free

the Free World

This is a free country.

en:upholding individual rights, nonauthoritarian

(of a government, country) Upholding individual rights.

Unconstrained.
Upholding individual rights.


Donetsk

From Ukrainian Доне́цьк (Donécʹk), from Доне́ць (Donécʹ, “the Donets”), diminutive of Дон (Don, “the Don”), from Proto-Scythian *Dānu (“river”). Compare Russian Доне́цк (Donéck), Доне́ц (Donéc), Дон (Don).

Donetsk Oblast
Donetsk Raion
en:Donetsk
en:Donetsk (disambiguation)

Donets'k (alternative)
Doneck (alternative)
Donec'k (alternative)

(country) A self-declared country in Donetsk Oblast, in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine. Seat: Donetsk; occupying 1/3 of the province, but claiming all the province, before the Russian invasion of all of Ukraine in 2022.


Luhansk

From Ukrainian Луга́нськ (Luhánsʹk), a hydronym.

Luhans’k (alternative)
Luhans'k (alternative)
Luhanske (alternative)
Lugansk (alternative)
Lugans’k (alternative)
Lugans'k (alternative)

(country) A country in the Donbas region, in eastern Ukraine. Seat: Luhansk; occupying 1/3 of the province, but claiming all the province, before the Russian invasion of all of Ukraine in 2022.


carve up

en-verb

carve up (third-person singular simple present carves up, present participle carving up, simple past and past participle carved up)

carves up (present singular third-person)
carving up (participle present)
carved up (participle past)
carved up (past)

The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I.

(country, land, etc.) To divide or dismember, separate into parts


majority-minority

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Several years ago, the Census Bureau began to predict that the United States would become a majority-minority nation by the 2040s — that African- and Asian-Americans, as well as Latinos, would outnumber non-Hispanic whites.

2017 May 11, Herbert J. Gans, “The Census and Right-Wing Hysteria”, in The New York Times:

(of a city, country, etc.) Having a total minority population above 50%.