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rusalki

rusalki is the plural of rusalka.

Meaning of rusalka

Noun

rusalka (plural rusalkas or rusalky or rusalki)

  1. (Slavic mythology) A female water spirit that leads handsome men to their deaths underwater.
    • She is now a rusalka, a water spirit; in revenge she sends their daughter, a rusalochka, to lure him into the water.2009 March 1, Alastair Macaulay, “What Do Aquawomen Want?”, in New York Times

Questions about rusalki

What is rusalki the plural of?
Rusalki is the plural of rusalka.

Words near rusalki in the dictionary

  1. Rusak
  2. rusakovite
  3. Rusaks
  4. rusalka
  5. rusalkas
  6. rusalki
  7. rusalky
  8. rusbank
  9. rusbanks
  10. Rusbridge
  11. ruscaceous

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