Russia

§English

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§Etymology

Wikipedia

1538, from Medieval Latin Russi (“Russians”). Ultimately from Byzantine Greek Ρωσία (Rōsía) (whence also Russian Росси́я (Rossíja, “Russia”)) from an earlier (10th century) ethnonym Ῥῶς (Rhôs) (Arabic روس (rūs), Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ, “Rus”)).

§Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹʌ.ʃə/

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• Rhymes: -ʌʃə

§Proper noun

Russia

1. 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
2. (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).
3. (historical) The Russian Empire.
4. (historical, dated) Rus, the medieval East Slavic state.
5. (dated, countable) Any of several East Slavic states descended from the Rus, typically including Russia (Great Russia), Belarus (White Russia) and Ukraine (Little Russia or Kievan Russia).
   • 1842, George Eliot, "Letter to Cara Bray", Selections from George Eliot's letters, page 24:

     Or rather if I be attaining a better autocratship than that of the Emperor of all the Russias – the empire over self.

§Derived terms

• Black Russia
• Great Russia
• Kievan Russia
• Little Russia
• Mother Russia
• New Russia
• Russia calf
• Russia iron
• Russia leather
• Russia linen
• Russia mat
• Russia matting
• Russian
• White Russia

§Translations

country in Asia and Europe

• Abkhaz: Урыстәыла (Urəsṭ°əlā)
• Acehnese: Rusia
• Adyghe: Урысый (Wrəsəj)
• Afrikaans: Rusland
• Ainu: ヌチャ (nuca), ヌチャ モシㇼ (nuca mosir), ヌチャ モシㇽ (nuca mosir)
• Akan: Russia
• Albanian: Rusi f
• Amharic: ሩሲያ (rusiya), ሩስያ (rusəya)
• Arabic: رُوسِيَا (ar) f (rūsiyā)
• Aragonese: Rusia
• Aramaic: ܪܘܣܝܐ (rūsiyā)
• Armenian: Ռուսաստան (hy) (Ṙusastan)
• Aromanian: Rusii, Arusia
• Asturian: Rusia (ast) f
• Avar: Россия (Ros̄ija)
• Azeri: Rusiya (az)

  Cyrillic: Русия

• Bambara: Risila
• Banjarese: Rusia
• Banyumasan: Rusia
• Bashkir: Рәсәй (Räsäy)
• Basque: Errusia (eu)
• Belarusian: Расі́я f (Rasíja), Расе́я f (Rasjéja) (Taraškevica orthography)
• Bengali: রাশিয়া (rashiẏa)
• Bikol Central: Rusya
• Breton: Rusia (br)
• Bulgarian: Ру́сия (bg) f (Rúsija)
• Burmese: ရုရှားနိုင်ငံ (ru.hra:nuingngam), ရုရှား (my) (ru.hra:)
• Buryat: Ород (Orod), Ород улас (Orod ulas)
• Catalan: Rússia (ca) f
• Cebuano: Rusya
• Chamorro: Russia
• Chechen: Оьрсий (Örsī)
• Cherokee: ᎶᏏᏴ (losiyv), ᏲᏂᏱ (yoniyi)
• Cheyenne: Russia
• Chichewa: Russia
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 俄國, 俄国 (ngo⁴ gwok³), 俄羅斯, 俄罗斯 (ngo⁴ lo⁴ si¹)

  Mandarin: 俄國 (zh), 俄国 (zh) (Éguó), (formally) 俄羅斯 (zh), 俄罗斯 (zh) (Éluósī), (rare) 露西亞, 露西亚 (zh) (Lùxīyǎ)

  Min Dong: Ngò̤-lò̤-sṳ̆

  Min Nan: 露西亞, 露西亚 (Lō·-se-a), 俄羅斯 (zh-min-nan), 俄罗斯 (zh-min-nan) (Gô-lô-su)

• Chuvash: Раççей Патшалăхě (Raççej Patšalăhě), Раҫҫей Патшалӑхӗ (Raśśej Patšalăhĕ)
• Cornish: Russi
• Crimean Tatar: Rusiye
• Czech: Rusko (cs) n
• Danish: Rusland (da)
• Dhivehi: ރޫސީވިލާތް (rūsīvilāt), ރަށިއާ (rashiā)
• Dutch: Rusland (nl) n
• Dzongkha: ར་ཤི་ཡཱན་ཕེ་ཌི་རེ་ཤཱན (ra shi yān phe ḍi re shān)
• Erzya: Россия (Rossija)
• Esperanto: Rusio, Rusujo, Ruslando
• Estonian: Venemaa (et)
• Faroese: Russland
• Fiji Hindi: Russia
• Fijian: Rusi
• Finnish: Venäjä (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: Russie
• French: Russie (fr) f
• Fula: Roosiya
• Gagauz: Rusiya
• Galician: Rusia (gl) f
• Georgian: რუსეთი (ruset’i)
• German: Russland (de) n

  Alemannic German: Russland

  Palatinate German: Russlond

• Gothic: 𐍂𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 (rusaland)
• Greek: Ρωσία (el) f (Rosía)
• Guaraní: Rrusia
• Gujarati: રશિયા (raśiyā)
• Haitian Creole: Risi
• Hausa: Rāshà f
• Hawaiian: Lūkia
• Hebrew: רוּסְיָה (he) f (rúsya)
• Hindi: रूस (hi) m (rūs), रशिया (hi) m (raśiyā)
• Hungarian: Oroszország (hu)
• Icelandic: Rússland (is) n
• Ido: Rusia (io)
• Indonesian: Rusia
• Ingrian: Vennääjä, Venämaa
• Ingush: Россе (Rossie)
• Interlingua: Russia
• Interlingue: Russia
• Inuktitut: ᐅᓛᓴ (ulaasa)
• Inupiak: Russia
• Irish: An Rúis f
• Italian: Russia (it) f
• Japanese: ロシア (ja) (Róshia), (obsolete) 露西亜 (ja) (Róshia), (obsolete) 露国 (ろこく, Rokoku)
• Jèrriais: Russie f
• Kabardian: Урысей (Wrəsej), Россиэ (Rossiă)
• Kabyle: Rrus
• Kalmyk: Әрәсә (Äräsä)
• Kannada: ರಷ್ಯಾ (kn) (raṣyā)
• Karachay-Balkar: Россия
• Karakalpak: Rossiya
• Karelian: Veneä
• Kashmiri: रूस (rūs)
• Kashubian: Ruskô (csb) n
• Kazakh: Ресей (Resey)
• Khakas: Россия
• Khmer: រុស្ស៊ី (ruhsii), ប្រទេសរុស្ស៊ី (bprədtēh ruhsii)
• Kikuyu: Russia
• Komi-Zyrian: Рочму (Ročmu), Россия (Rossija)
• Korean: 러시아 (ko) (Reosia), 로씨야 (ko) (Rossiya) (North Korea)
• Kumyk: Россия (Rossija)
• Kurdish: رووسیا (Rûsya), ئوورس (Ûris), ئوورستان (Ûristan)

  Roman: Rûsya (ku), Ûris (ku), Ûristan

• Kyrgyz: Оруссия (Orussiya), Россия (Rossiya)
• Ladino: Rusia
• Lak: Аьрасат (A̱rasat)
• Lao: ປະເທດລັດເຊັຽ (pa thēt lat sīa), ລັດເຊັຽ (lat sīa)
• Latgalian: Krīveja f
• Latin: Russia f, Ruthenia f
• Latvian: Krievija (lv) f
• Lezgi: Урусат (Urusat)

• Limburgish: Rösland
• Lithuanian: Rusija (lt) f
• Livonian: Krīevõmō
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: Ruslaand (nds)

  German Low German: Russland (nds)

• Luxembourgish: Russland (lb)
• Macedonian: Ру́сија (mk) f (Rúsija)
• Malagasy: Rosia (mg)
• Malay: Rusia
• Malayalam: റഷ്യ (ṟaṣya)
• Maltese: Russja f
• Manchu: ᠣᡵᠣᠰ (oros)
• Maori: Rūhia
• Marathi: रशिया (raśiyā)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: Россий (Rossij)

• Mazanderani: ئوروسیا
• Mirandese: Rússia
• Moksha: Рузмастор (Ruzmastor)
• Mongolian: Орос улс (Oros uls), Орос (mn) (Oros), (Uyghurjin) ᠣᡵᠣᠰ (oros)
• Narom: Russie
• Nauruan: Russia
• Navajo: Biʼééʼ Łichííʼí bikéyah
• Nepali: रूस (rūs), रसिया (rasiyā)
• Northern Altai: Россия (Rossija)
• Northern Sotho: Russia
• Norwegian: Russland (no)
• Novial: Rusia
• Old Church Slavonic: Рѡсіꙗ f (Rosija)
• Old English: Russland
• Old Norse: Ruzía f, Ruzaland n
• Oriya: ରୁଷିଆ (ruṣiā)
• Ossetian: Уӕрӕсе (Wæræse)
• Pangasinan: Rusia
• Papiamentu: Rusia
• Pashto: روسيه (Rosia)
• Pennsylvania German: Russland
• Persian: روسیه (fa) (rusiye)
• Piedmontese: Russia
• Polish: Rosja (pl) f
• Portuguese: Rússia (pt) f
• Punjabi: ਰੂਸ (rūs)
• Quechua: Rusiya
• Romanian: Rusia (ro) f

  Cyrillic: Русия (ro) f

• Romansch: Russia
• Russian: Росси́я (ru) f (Rossíja), Русь (ru) f (Rusʹ) (poetic)
• Rusyn: Росі́я f (Rosíja)
• Sami:

  Northern Sami: Ruošša

• Samoan: Lusia
• Scots: Roushie
• Scottish Gaelic: an Ruis f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Русија f

  Roman: Rusija (sh) f

• Sicilian: Russia
• Silesian: Rusyjo f
• Sindhi: روس (rūsu)
• Sinhalese: රුසියාව (rusiyāva)
• Slovak: Rusko (sk) n
• Slovene: Rúsija f
• Somali: Ruush
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Rusojska f

  Upper Sorbian: Ruska f

• Southern Altai: Россия (Rossija)
• Spanish: Rusia (es) f
• Sundanese: Rusia
• Swahili: Urusi
• Swazi: iRashiya
• Swedish: Ryssland (sv)
• Tabasaran: Урусат (Urusat)
• Tagalog: Rusya
• Tajik: Русия (tg) (Rusiya)
• Tamil: உருசியா (ta) (uruciyā), ரஷ்யா (ta) (raṣyā)
• Tatar: Русия (Rusiya), Рәсәй (Räsäy), Россия (Rossiya)
• Telugu: రష్యా (te) (raṣyā)
• Tetum: Rúsia
• Thai: ประเทศรัสเซีย (th) (bpràtêt rátsia), รัสเซีย (th) (rátsia)
• Tibetan: ཨུ་རུ་སུ (u ru su), རྒྱ་སེར (rgya ser)
• Tigrinya: ራሻ (raša)
• Tongan: Lūsia
• Tsonga: Russia
• Turkish: Rusya (tr)
• Turkmen: Russiýa

  Cyrillic: Руссия

• Tuvan: Россия (Rossija)
• Twi: Russia
• Udmurt: Россия (Rossija)
• Ukrainian: Росі́я (uk) f (Rosíja)
• Urdu: روس m (rūs)
• Uyghur: روسىيە (rosiye)
• Uzbek: Rossiya (uz), Oʻrusiya

  Cyrillic: Россия (uz), Ўрусия

• Venda: Rashia
• Venetian: Rusia (vec) f
• Veps: Venäma
• Vietnamese: Nga (俄), nước Nga
• Volapük: Rusän (vo)
• Votic: Venäjä
• Võro: Vinnemaa
• Walloon: Rûsseye
• Waray-Waray: Rusya
• Welsh: Rwsia (cy) f
• West Flemish: Rusland
• West Frisian: Ruslân (fy)
• Wolof: Riisi
• Xhosa: IRashiya
• Yakut: Россия (Rossiya), Арассыыйа (Arassııya)
• Yiddish: רוסלאַנד n (rusland)
• Zamboanga Chavacano: Rusia
• Zealandic: Rusland
• Zhuang: Ezlozswh
• Zulu: iRashiya

§See also

• 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 (historical)
• USSR (historical)
• Countries of the world

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§Interlingua

§Proper noun

Russia

1. Russia

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§Italian

Wikipedia ^it

§Proper noun

Russia f

1. Russia

§Related terms

• russo
• russofilo
• RUS

§See also

• ruteno

§Anagrams

• russai
• ussari

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§Latin

Wikipedia ^la

16th century latinization of Русь.

§Proper noun

Russia f (genitive Russiae); first declension

1. Russia

§Inflection

First declension with locative.

Number	Singular
nominative	Russia
genitive	Russiae
dative	Russiae
accusative	Russiam
ablative	Russiā
vocative	Russia
locative	Russiae