ロシア

Japanese

ロシア (Roshia): the country of Russia shown on a globe.

Alternative forms

• 露西亜 (dated, rare)
• 魯西亜 (dated, rare, pejorative)

Etymology

From Russian Росси́я (Rossíja).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ロ​シア [róꜜshìà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ɕia̠]

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Proper noun

ロシア • (Roshia) 

1. Russia
   • 1998 December 18 [1977 August 15], Fyodor Dostoyevsky with Tezuka, Osamu, 罪と罰 [Crime and Punishment], 10th edition (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 8:

     この物(もの)語(がたり)は革(かく)命(めい)前(ぜん)夜(や)の帝(てい)政(せい)ロシアにおいて退(たい)廃(はん)と貧(ひん)困(こん)にあけくれたぺテルブルグの町(まち)に起(お)こった……

     Kono monogatari wa kakumei zen'ya no teisei Roshia ni oite taihan to hinkon ni akekureta Peteruburugu no machi ni okotta……

     This story takes place on the eve of a revolution, in the town of Petersburg where there is but decadence and poverty under the rule of the Russian monarchy...

Synonyms

• 露(ろ)国(こく) (Rokoku, dated)
• 魯(ろ)国(こく) (Rokoku, now rather offensive)

Derived terms

• ロシア人(じん) (Roshia-jin, “Russian person, Russian people”)
• ロシア語(ご) (Roshia-go, “Russian language”)
• ロシア連(れん)邦(ぽう) (Roshia Renpō, “Russian Federation”)

See also

• 露(ろ), ロ (Ro, abbreviation)