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[edit] Etymology
1538, from Mediaeval Latin Russi (“‘Russians’”) < Old East Slavic Русь (“‘Rus’”). The name comes from a group of warrior merchants from Sweden who settled around Kiev and the Dnieper river in the ninth century, and established the Rus principalities. Ultimate origin is uncertain; see Wikipedia's article on Etymology of Rus and derivatives for more detail.
Compare Russian Россия (Rossíja), “‘Russia’”), Medieval Greek οί Ῥῶς (oi Rhōs), Arabic روس (rūs).
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Russia
- A country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The Country extends from the Gulf of Finland to the Pacific Ocean, and was part of the USSR from 1922 to 1991. Official name Russian Federation, formerly the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), Capital and largest city Moscow
- (historical, informal) The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (a very common name, although more formally Russia, the RSFSR, was one of several constituent republics of the USSR).
- (historical) The Russian Empire.
- (historical, dated) Rus, the medieval East Slavic state.
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country in Asia and Europe
- Afrikaans: Rusland af(af)
- Albanian: Rusia sq(sq)
- Arabic: روسيا ar(ar) (Ruusiya) f.
- Aragonese: Rusia an(an)
- Armenian: Ռուսաստան hy(hy) (Ṙusastan)
- Aromanian: Rusii
- Asturian: Rusia, Rusia ast(ast)
- Avar: Россия av(av)
- Basque: Errusia eu(eu)
- Belarusian: Расія be(be) (Rasíja) f., Расея be(be) (Raséja) f. (Taraškevica orthography)
- Bengali: রাশিয়া bn(bn)
- Bosnian: Rusija bs(bs) f.
- Breton: Rusia br(br)
- Bulgarian: Русия bg(bg) (Rusija) f.
- Catalan: Rússia ca(ca) f.
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 俄國, 俄国 (ngo4 gwok3), 俄羅斯, 俄罗斯 (ngo4 lo4 si1)
- Mandarin: 俄國 cmn(cmn), 俄国 cmn(cmn) (Éguó), (formally) 俄羅斯 cmn(cmn), 俄罗斯 cmn(cmn) (Éluósī)
- Min Nan: Lō·-se-a
- Chuvash: Раççей Патшалăхě or Раҫҫей Патшалӑхӗ (Raççey Patşalöχə)
- Cornish: Russi kw(kw)
- Croatian: Rusija hr(hr) f.
- Czech: Rusko cs(cs)
- Danish: Rusland da(da)
- Dutch: Rusland nl(nl)
- Esperanto: Rusio eo(eo), Rusujo eo(eo), Ruslando eo(eo)
- Estonian: Venemaa et(et)
- Faroese: Russland fo(fo)
- Finnish: Venäjä fi(fi)
- French: Russie fr(fr) f.
- Galician: Rusia gl(gl)
- Georgian: რუსეთი ka(ka) (ruset‘i)
- German: Rußland de(de) n. (pre-1998), Russland de(de) n. (since 1998)
- Greek: Ρωσία el(el) (Rosía) f.
- Haitian Creole: Risi
- Hawaiian: Lukia
- Hebrew: רוסיה he(he) (rusia) f.
- Hindi: रूस hi(hi) (Rūs) m.
- Hungarian: Oroszország hu(hu)
- Icelandic: Rússland is(is)
- Indonesian: Rusia id(id)
- Interlingua: Russia
- Inuktitut: ᐅᓛᓴ
- Irish: An Rúis ga(ga)
- Italian: Russia it(it)
- Japanese: ロシア ja(ja) (Róshia), 露西亜 ja(ja) (Róshia)
- Kalmyk: Әрәсә
- Kashmiri: रूस
- Kashubian: Ruskô csb(csb)
- Kazakh: Ресей kk(kk) (Resey)
- Khmer: រូស្ស៊ី km(km) (rūsī)
- Korean: 러시아 ko(ko) (Reosia), 로씨야 ko(ko) (Rossiya) (North Korea)
- Kurdish: Rûsya ku(ku)
- Kyrgyz: Оруссия ky(ky) (Orussiya)
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Russia f.
- Russia
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