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Little Russia

Little Russia proper noun: the territory of the former Russian Empire inhabited by Ukrainians, approximately corresponding to modern central and eastern Ukraine.

Proper noun

Little Russia

  1. (historical) The territory of the former Russian Empire inhabited by Ukrainians, approximately corresponding to modern central and eastern Ukraine.
    • I am very fond of the modest manner of life of those solitary owners of remote villages, who in Little Russia are commonly called ‘old-fashioned’ […].1928, Nicolai Gogol, translated by Constance Garnett, Old-world Landowners
    Antonyms:
    Great Russia
  2. (historical) The former Imperial Russian administrative subdivisions in north central Ukraine.

Noun

Little Russia (plural Little Russias)

  1. An ethnic enclave populated primarily by Russians or people of Russian ancestry.
    • We find that they settle in Little Italies and Little Russias, and instead of accepting the ideals of the country to which they have fled, they propagate their own traditions.1925, Ruth Clouse, “First Affirmative”, in Edith M. Phelps, editor, University Debaters' Annual, volume 11, →OCLC, page 288
    • The support system offered by the Relief Society was the initial draw for the émigrés to Harlem and helped establish a Little Russia in the neighborhood.2019 April 24, Natalie K. Zelensky, Performing Tsarist Russia in New York: Music, Émigrés, and the American Imagination (Russian Music Studies), Indiana University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 30

Little Russia meaning in Marathi and Vietnamese

Little Russia in Marathi

a historical area
छोटा रशिया choṭā raśiyā

Little Russia in Vietnamese

a historical area
Tiểu Nga

Antonyms of Little Russia

Forms of Little Russia

pluralLittle Russias

Questions about Little Russia

What does Little Russia mean?
Little Russia means the territory of the former Russian Empire inhabited by Ukrainians, approximately corresponding to modern central and eastern Ukraine.
What is Little Russia in Marathi?
Little Russia in Marathi is छोटा रशिया (choṭā raśiyā). See Little Russia meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is Little Russia?
Little Russia can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Little Russia in the dictionary

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  5. Little Rockian
  6. Little Russia
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  8. Little Russianness
  9. Little Russians
  10. Little Russias
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