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Rus in Arabic

رُوس rūs

/ɹuːs/

Rus in Arabic: رُوس (rūs). In English, Rus means a people made up of Scandinavian warrior merchants who travelled Eastern European river-roads from the eighth century, and whose settlements around Novgorod, Kiev/Kyiv and the Volga and Dnieper/Dnipro gave rise to the Rus' principalities.

Arabic words for Rus

people
رُوس rūs
medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
رُوس rūs

English meaning of Rus

  1. proper noun A people made up of Scandinavian warrior merchants who travelled Eastern European river-roads from the eighth century, and whose settlements around Novgorod, Kiev/Kyiv and the Volga and Dnieper/Dnipro gave rise to the Rus' principalities.
  2. proper noun Kievan Rus, the medieval East Slavic state established by these same warrior merchants in the 9th century, whose capital was in Kiev.
  3. proper noun Any of the medieval East Slavic principalities ruled by this class, especially Kievan Rus.
  4. proper noun The nation of Russia, especially in a transcendent or romantic sense referring to the history and culture of the country.

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Questions about Rus in Arabic

What is the meaning of Rus in Arabic?
Rus in Arabic is رُوس (rūs).
ما معنى كلمة Rus؟
Rus: رُوس (rūs).
What does Rus mean in English?
Rus means a people made up of Scandinavian warrior merchants who travelled Eastern European river-roads from the eighth century, and whose settlements around Novgorod, Kiev/Kyiv and the Volga and Dnieper/Dnipro gave rise to the Rus' principalities.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Rus (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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