Russia
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
1538, from Medieval Latin Russi (“Russians”). Ultimately from Byzantine Greek Ρωσία (whence also Russian Россия (Rossíja, “Russia”)) from an earlier (10th century) ethnonym Ῥῶς (Rhōs) (Arabic روس (rūs), Old East Slavic Русь (“Rus”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
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. Co-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.
Derived terms[edit]
- Black Russia
- Great Russia
- Kievan Russia
- Little Russia
- Mother Russia
- New Russia
- Russia iron
- Russia leather
- Russia matting
- Russian
- White Russia
Translations[edit]
country in Asia and Europe
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See also[edit]
- Appendix:Place names in Russia
- (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City (Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of Europe)
- Former Soviet Union
- Former USSR
- Soviet Union (hist.)
- USSR (hist.)
- Countries of the world
Interlingua[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Russia
Italian[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Russia f
Related terms[edit]
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Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
16th century latinization of Русь.
Proper noun[edit]
Russia (genitive Russiae); f, first declension
Inflection[edit]
| nominative | Russia |
|---|---|
| genitive | Russiae |
| dative | Russiae |
| accusative | Russiam |
| ablative | Russiā |
| vocative | Russia |
| locative | Russiae |
Categories:
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- English proper nouns
- English historical terms
- English informal terms
- English dated terms
- en:Countries
- en:Countries of Europe
- en:Exonyms
- en:Russia
- Interlingua proper nouns
- ia:Countries
- Italian proper nouns
- it:Countries
- Latin proper nouns
- Disputed etymologies
- la:Countries
- la:Place names