Russia
Syllables: Rus·sia/ˈɹʌʃə/
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Northern England/ˈɹʊʃə/
Russia proper noun: a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. Official name: Russian Federation. Capital and largest city: Moscow. It borders the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas. Part of the Soviet Union from 1917 through 1991. Also the ellipsis of Russia leather.
Proper noun (1)
Russia (countable and uncountable, plural Russias)
- A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. Official name: Russian Federation. Capital and largest city: Moscow. It borders the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas. Part of the Soviet Union from 1917 through 1991.
- The next stop that we make will be England / Tell all the folks in Russia, and China, too / Don't you know that it's time to get on board? / And let this train keep on riding, riding on through1972, The O'Jays, “Love Train”, in Back Stabbers
- “Revoking PNTR for Russia is going to make it harder for Russia to do business with the United States and doing it in unison with other nations that make up half of the global economy will be another crushing blow to the Russian economy that’s already suffering very badly from our sanctions,” Biden...2022 March 10, Kaitlan Collins, Manu Raju, Kate Sullivan, MJ Lee and John Harwood, “Biden calls for suspending normal trade relations with Russia and will ban imports of vodka and seafood”, in CNN
- 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).
- The Russian Empire; the tsarist empire in Russia lasting from 1721 to 1917.
- Ukraine (“frontier”), the name formerly given to a district of European Russia, now comprising the governments of Kharkov, Kiev, Podolia and Poltava.1911, “Ukraine”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
- Kievan Rus; the medieval East Slavic state centered in Kiev.
- Ukraine (“frontier”), the name formerly given to a district of European Russia, now comprising the governments of Kharkov, Kiev, Podolia and Poltava.1911, “Ukraine”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
- Any of several East Slavic states descended from Kievan Rus, typically including Russia (Great Russia), Belarus (White Russia) and Ukraine (Little Russia).
- Or rather if I be attaining a better autocratship than that of the Emperor of all the Russias — the empire over self.1842, George Eliot, Selections from George Eliot's letters, Letter to Cara Bray, page 24
- Ukraine (“frontier”), the name formerly given to a district of European Russia, now comprising the governments of Kharkov, Kiev, Podolia and Poltava.1911, “Ukraine”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Proper noun (2) capitalized: RuSSia
RuSSia
- Russia.
Also used as
Russia is also the ellipsis of Russia leather.
Russia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Russia in Hindi
- country in Eastern Europe and North Asia
- रूस rūs, रशिया raśiyā
Russia in Tamil
- country in Eastern Europe and North Asia
- உருசியா uruciyā, ரஷ்யா raṣyā
Russia in Marathi
- country in Eastern Europe and North Asia
- रशिया raśiyā
Russia in Urdu
- country in Eastern Europe and North Asia
- رُوس rūs, رَشِیا raśiyā
More languagesFewer languages
- Russia in Bengali
- রাশিয়া raśiẏa
- Russia in Telugu
- రష్యా raṣyā
- Russia in Malayalam
- റഷ്യ ṟaṣya
- Russia in Kannada
- ರಷ್ಯಾ raṣyā
- Russia in Punjabi
- ਰੂਸ rūs, رُوس rūs
- Russia in Gujarati
- રશિયા raśiyā
- Russia in Odia
- ରୁଷିଆ ruṣiā, ରୁସିଆ rusiā
- Russia in Sinhala
- රුසියාව rusiyāwa
- Russia in Assamese
- ৰুচিয়া rusia
- Russia in Nepali
- रूस rūs, रसिया rasiyā
- Russia in Pashto
- روسيه rusya
- Russia in Tagalog
- Rusya
- Russia in Arabic
- رُوسِيَا rūsiyā
- Russia in Malay
- Rusia, Rusyiya
- Russia in Indonesian
- Rusia
- Russia in Persian
- رُوسِیَه rūsiya, روسِیِه rusiye
- Russia in Thai
- รัสเซีย rát-siia
- Russia in Vietnamese
- Nga, Nga La Tư
- Russia in Myanmar
- ရုရှား ru.hra:
- Sindhi
- روس rūsu
- Dhivehi
- ރޫސީވިލާތް rūsīvilāt̊, ރަށިއާ raṣiā
- Kashmiri
- रूस rūs, روٗس rūs
- Dzongkha
- ཨུ་རུ་སུ u ru su
Synonyms of Russia
Forms of Russia
| Proper noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Russias |
| Noun | |
| plural | Russias |
Origin of Russia
From Medieval Latin Russia, from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ) (whence Arabic رُوس (rūs) and Byzantine Greek Ῥῶς (Rhôs)), which originally referred to a group of Varangians who established themselves near Kiev in the 9th century and ruled Kievan Rus; probably from Proto-Finnic *roocci, from Old East Norse *roþs- (“related to rowing”); related to Old Norse Roþrslandi (“the land of rowing”), an older name of Roslagen, where the Finns first encountered the Swedes. Ultimately from Old Norse róðr (“steering oar”), from Proto-Germanic *rōþrą (“rudder”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to row”). By surface analysis, Russ + -ia. First attested in c. 1390s. Doublet of Rossiya.
Blend of Russia + SS (“Schutzstaffel”), implying that Russia is a fascist state.
Words formed from Russia
- Asian Russia
- Black Russia
- Blue Russia
- European Russia
- Great Russia
- Kievan Russia
- Little Russia
- Mother Russia
- New Russia
- Red Russia
- Russia Alba
- Russia ashes
- Russiaball
- Russia braid
- Russia calf
- Russia crash
- Russia drab
- Russia iron
- Russia leather
- Russia linen
- Russia matting
- Russia musquash
- Russian
- Russia oil
- Tsardom of Russia
- White Russia
Phrases with Russia
Words that rhyme with Russia
Questions about Russia
- What does Russia mean?
- Russia means a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia. Official name: Russian Federation. Capital and largest city: Moscow. It borders the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas. Part of the Soviet Union from 1917 through 1991.
- What is Russia in Hindi?
- Russia in Hindi is रूस (rūs), रशिया (raśiyā). See Russia meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Russia?
- Russia is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Russia?
- Russia is pronounced /ˈɹʌʃə/ (UK).
Words near Russia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Russia (page history and authors); RuSSia (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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