Little Russian
English
Proper noun
- (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)
- (historical, chiefly in a Russian Empire contex) A native or inhabitant of Little Russia (that is, 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.
- 1906, Thomas Čapek, The Slovaks of Hungary
Related terms
Translations
inhabitant of Little Russia
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Adjective
Little Russian (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Little Russia.
Translations
of or pertaining to Little Russia
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