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See also:RùssiaandRússia

English

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Etymology

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1530s, fromMedieval LatinRussi(“the people of Russia”), fromOld East SlavicРусь(Rusĭ,“Rus”) (whenceArabicرُوس(rūs) andByzantine GreekῬῶς(Rhôs)), which originally referred to a group ofVarangians who established themselves nearKiev in the 9th century and ruledKievan Rus; probably fromProto-Finnic*roocci, fromOld East Norse*roþs-(“related to rowing”); related toOld NorseRoþrslandi(“the land of rowing”), an older name ofRoslagen, where theFinns first encountered theSwedes. Ultimately fromOld Norseróðr(“steering oar”), fromProto-Germanic*rōþrą(“rudder”), fromProto-Indo-European*h₁reh₁-(“to row”).

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Proper noun

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Russia (countable anduncountable,pluralRussias)

  2. Atranscontinental country inEastern Europe andNorth Asia. Official name:Russian Federation. Capital and largest city:Moscow. It borders thePacific andArctic Oceans and theBaltic,Black, andCaspian Seas. Part of theSoviet Union from 1917 through 1991.
  3. (historical, loosely) TheUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics (a very common name, although more formally Russia, theRSFSR, was one of several constituent republics of the USSR).
  4. (historical) TheRussian Empire; thetsaristempire in Russia lasting from 1721 to 1917.
    • 1911, “Ukraine”, in1911 Encyclopædia Britannica‎[1]:
      Ukraine (“frontier”), the name formerly given to a district of EuropeanRussia, now comprising the governments of Kharkov, Kiev, Podolia and Poltava.
  5. (historical, dated)Kievan Rus; themedievalEast Slavic state centered inKiev.
    • 1911, “Ukraine”, in1911 Encyclopædia Britannica‎[2]:
      Ukraine (“frontier”), the name formerly given to a district of EuropeanRussia, now comprising the governments of Kharkov, Kiev, Podolia and Poltava.
  6. (dated, countable) Any of several East Slavic statesdescended from Kievan Rus, typically including Russia (Great Russia),Belarus (White Russia) andUkraine (Little Russia).
    • 1842, George Eliot,Selections from George Eliot's letters, Letter to Cara Bray, page24:
      Or rather if I be attaining a better autocratship than that of the Emperor of all theRussias — the empire over self.
    • 1914,Russia and the Russian People:
      Then there is White Russia and Red Russia, Great Russia and Little Russia, Russia of the Frozen North and Russia of the Far East — aRussia equally dangerous to every one of her neighbours[…]

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Translations

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country in Eastern Europe and North Asia

Noun

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Russia (countable anduncountable,pluralRussias)

  1. Short forRussia leather.
    • 1914,Shoe and Leather Journal, volume27, page36:
      DullRussias will prove a good selling line for women according to the predictions of certain manufacturers.

See also

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countries in Asia (appendix)edit
countries in Europe (appendix)edit

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Interlingua

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Proper noun

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Russia

  1. Russia (Atranscontinental country inEastern Europe andNorth Asia)

Italian

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ItalianWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediait

Etymology

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1538, fromMedieval LatinRussī(“Russians”). Ultimately fromByzantine GreekΡωσία(Rōsía).

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Russia f

  1. Russia (Atranscontinental country inEastern Europe andNorth Asia)

Related terms

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See also

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countries in Europe:paesi d'Europa (appendix)edit

Anagrams

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Latin

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LatinWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediala

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Sixteenth-century Latinisation of theMiddle RussianРусь(Rusʹ,“Rus”).

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Russia f sg (genitiveRussiae);first declension

  1. (New Latin)Russia (Atranscontinental country inEastern Europe andNorth Asia)

Declension

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First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominativeRussia
genitiveRussiae
dativeRussiae
accusativeRussiam
ablativeRussiā
vocativeRussia

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