Little Russian

English

Proper noun

Little Russian

1. (obsolete) The Ukrainian language, especially when (possibly erroneously) considered to be mutually intelligible with the Russian ("Great Russian") and Belarusian ("White Russian") languages.

Noun

Little Russian (plural Little Russians)

1. (historical, chiefly in a Russian Empire context) A native or inhabitant of Little Russia (i.e. Ukraine).
   • 1906, Thomas Čapek, The Slovaks of Hungary:

     A well-defined ethnical line is all that separates the Slovaks from the Magyars and the Little Russians.

Related terms

• Little Russia
• Little Russianness

Translations

inhabitant of Little Russia

• French: Petit-Russien (fr) m, Petite-Russienne f
• Russian: малоро́сс (ru) m (maloróss), малороссия́нин (ru) m (malorossijánin)
• Ukrainian: малоро́с m (malorós), малоро́ска f (maloróska), малоросія́нин m (malorosijányn), малоросія́нка f (malorosijánka)

Adjective

Little Russian (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Little Russia.

Translations

of or pertaining to Little Russia

• French: petit-russien (fr)
• Russian: малоросси́йский (ru) (malorossíjskij)
• Swedish: lillrysk (sv)
• Ukrainian: малоросі́йський (malorosíjsʹkyj), малору́ський (malorúsʹkyj) (dated)