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Russian flu

Russian flu noun: the form of influenza that caused a pandemic in 1889 and 1890.

Noun

Russian flu (uncountable)

  1. The form of influenza that caused a pandemic in 1889 and 1890.
  2. The form of influenza that caused a pandemic in 1977.

Questions about Russian flu

What does Russian flu mean?
Russian flu means the form of influenza that caused a pandemic in 1889 and 1890.
What part of speech is Russian flu?
Russian flu is a noun.

Words near Russian flu in the dictionary

  1. Russian embroidery
  2. Russian Empire
  3. Russian encephalitis
  4. Russian Far East
  5. Russian Federation
  6. Russian flu
  7. Russian formalism
  8. Russian gage
  9. Russian Game
  10. Russian gauge
  11. Russian gold

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