Why is it die Ukrainerin?

Ukrainerin ends in -in, and most nouns ending in -in are feminine: in a German dictionary, 88% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -in
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Citizen of Ukraine

[1] Bürgerin der Ukraine

Examples

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Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Ukrainerin die Ukrainerinnen
Genitiv der Ukrainerin der Ukrainerinnen
Dativ der Ukrainerin den Ukrainerinnen
Akkusativ die Ukrainerin die Ukrainerinnen

Pronunciation

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