Lukomorye
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.35|A fragment of a 17th-century map by Gerrit van Schagen that shows Lucomorie Lukomorye, Lukomorie or Lukomorje () was a region in ancient Russian lands and is described and depicted not only in Russian sources, but also in different non-Russian old sources. Lukomorye is also a prominent fictional location in Russian folklore.
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thumb|upright=1.35|A fragment of a 17th-century map by Gerrit van Schagen that shows Lucomorie Lukomorye, Lukomorie or Lukomorje () was a region in ancient Russian lands and is described and depicted not only in Russian sources, but also in different non-Russian old sources. Lukomorye is also a prominent fictional location in Russian folklore.
==Etymology== The Russian word itself is an old term for "bight" or "bay". In the word "luk-o-mor-ye", "-o-" is an interfix used to connect two roots, "-ye" is an affix (in this case, of relative location), "luk-" is the root for "bend", "mor-" is the root for "sea". It can also be translated as "curved sea-shore" or "inlet of the sea".
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