English

Proper noun

Russia ‎(countable and uncountable, plural Russias)

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.

   • 1914, Russia and the Russian People

     Then there is White Russia and Red Russia, Great Russia and Little Russia, Russia of the Frozen North and Russia of the Far East — a Russia equally dangerous to every one of her neighbours […]

Synonyms

• Russian Federation

Derived terms

Translations

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

Interlingua

Proper noun

Russia

1. Russia

Italian

Etymology

1538, from Medieval Latin Russi ‎(“Russians”). Ultimately from Byzantine Greek Ρωσία ‎(Rōsía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrus.sja/, [ˈrusːjä]
• Hyphenation: Rùs‧sia

Proper noun

Russia f

1. Russia

Related terms

• russo
• russofilo
• RUS

See also

• rutenio
• ruteno

Anagrams

• russai
• ussari

Latin

Alternative forms

• Rossia

Etymology

Sixteenth-century Latinisation of the Russian Русь ‎(Rusʹ, “Rus”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈrus.si.a/, [ˈrʊs.si.a]

Proper noun

Russia f ‎(genitive Russiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Russia

Declension

First declension.

Synonyms

• Ruthenia

Derived terms

• russicus