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Rossiian

Rossiian is the alternative spelling of Rossiyan.

Meaning of Rossiyan

Adjective

Rossiyan (comparative more Rossiyan, superlative most Rossiyan)

  1. (rare) Synonym of Russian (“of or pertaining to Russia”).
    • Again, conventional wisdom - made up by Russians and Western "experts" (who typically know Russian, but almost never know Ukrainian) - does make such a linguistic classification into West and East. Does it make sense? Let's compare the "Ukrainian nationalist" and the "Rossiyan nationalist" views of...1991 December 24, Nykolai Bilaniuk, “the history of Russian - Ukrainian relations”, in soc.history (Usenet), archived from the original on 26 Sep 2025
    Synonyms:
    Russian

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Forms of Rossiian

Adjective
comparativemore Rossiian
superlativemost Rossiian
Noun
pluralRossiians

Origin of Rossiian

From Rossiia + -an.

Questions about Rossiian

What is Rossiian the alternative spelling of?
Rossiian is the alternative spelling of Rossiyan.

Words near Rossiian in the dictionary

  1. Rossi
  2. Rossi-Forel scale
  3. Rossignol
  4. Rossignols
  5. Rossiia
  6. Rossiian
  7. Rossiians
  8. Rossija
  9. rossing
  10. Rossington
  11. Rossinian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Rossiian (page history and authors); Rossiyan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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