# Russia
## English
### Etymology

1530s, from Medieval Latin Russi (“the people of Russia”), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ, “Rus”) (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”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /ˈɹʌʃə/
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* Hyphenation: Rus‧sia
* Rhymes: -ʌʃə
* Homophone: rusher

### Proper noun

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.
* (historical, loosely) 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).
* (historical) The Russian Empire; the tsarist empire in Russia lasting from 1721 to 1917.
** 1911, “Ukraine”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica‎:Ukraine (“frontier”), the name formerly given to a district of European Russia, now comprising the governments of Kharkov, Kiev, Podolia and Poltava.
* (historical, dated) Kievan Rus; the medieval East Slavic state centered in Kiev.
** 1911, “Ukraine”, in 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica‎:Ukraine (“frontier”), the name formerly given to a district of European Russia, now comprising the governments of Kharkov, Kiev, Podolia and Poltava.
* (dated, countable) Any of several East Slavic states descended from Kievan Rus, typically including Russia (Great Russia), Belarus (White Russia) and Ukraine (Little Russia).
** 1842, George Eliot, Selections from George Eliot's letters, Letter to Cara Bray, page 24:Or rather if I be attaining a better autocratship than that of the Emperor of all the Russias — the empire over self.
** 1914, Russia and the Russian People:Then there is White Russia and Red Russia, Great Russia and Little Russia, Russia of the Frozen North and Russia of the Far East — a Russia equally dangerous to every one of her neighbours […]

#### Synonyms

Check usage notes in linked entries to see whether they are slang, offensive, etc.
* Mordor
* Orcistan
* RF
* Rossia
* Rossiia
* Rossija
* Rossiya
* RuSSia
* Russian Federation
* Ruzzia

#### Meronyms

* Siberia
* Novaya Zemlya

#### Derived terms

* Black Russia
* Blue Russia
* Great Russia
* Kievan Russia
* Little Russia
* Mother Russia
* New Russia
* Red Russia
* RuSSia
* Russia Alba
* Russia ashes
* 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

#### Descendants

* → Bengali: রাশিয়া (raśiẏa)
* → Burmese: ရုရှား (ru.hra:)
* → Dhivehi: ރަށިއާ (raṣiā)
* → Hausa: Rasha
* → Hawaiian: Lūkia, Rūsia
* → Hindi: रशिया (raśiyā)
* → Korean: 러시아 (reosia)
* → Lao: ລັດເຊັຽ (lat sīa), ຣັດເຊັຽ (rat sīa)
* → Malay: Rusia
* → Malayalam: റഷ്യ (ṟaṣya)
* → Maori: Rūhia
* → Marathi: रशिया (raśiyā)
* → Rarotongan: Rūtia
* → Russian: Ра́ша (Ráša)
* → Swazi: iRashiya
* → Tamil: ரஷ்யா (raṣyā)
* → Thai: รัสเซีย (rát-siia)
* → Ukrainian: Ра́ша (Ráša)
* → Xhosa: IRashiya
* → Yoruba: Rọ́ṣíà
* → Zulu: iRashiya

#### Translations
### Noun

Russia (countable and uncountable, plural Russias)
* Short for Russia leather.
** 1914, Shoe and Leather Journal, volume 27, page 36:Dull Russias will prove a good selling line for women according to the predictions of certain manufacturers.

### See also

* Countries of the world
* Afghanistan
* Armenia
* Azerbaijan
* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* China
* Cyprus
* East Timor
* Georgia
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Israel
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* North Korea
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palestine
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Russia
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* South Korea
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Taiwan
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Turkey
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen
* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic, Czechia
* Denmark
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Italy
* Kazakhstan
* Kosovo
* Latvia
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Malta
* Moldova
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* North Macedonia
* Norway
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* United Kingdom
* Vatican City
* former Soviet Union
* former USSR
* Soviet Union (historical)
* USSR (historical)

### Further reading

* Russia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Name of Russia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Sauris

## Interlingua
### Proper noun

Russia
* Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)

## Italian
### Etymology

1538, from Medieval Latin Russī (“Russians”). Ultimately from Byzantine Greek Ρωσία (Rōsía).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrus.sja/
* Rhymes: -ussja
* Hyphenation: Rùs‧sia

### Proper noun

Russia f
* Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)

#### Related terms

* russo
* russofilo
* RUS

### See also

* rutenio
* ruteno
* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaigian
* Belgio
* Bielorussia
* Bosnia-Erzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Cechia
* Cipro
* Città del Vaticano
* Croazia
* Danimarca
* Estonia
* Finlandia
* Francia
* Georgia
* Germania
* Grecia
* Irlanda
* Islanda
* Italia
* Kazakistan
* Kosovo ~ Kossovo ~ Cossovo
* Lettonia
* Liechtenstein
* Lituania
* Lussemburgo
* Macedonia del Nord
* Malta
* Moldavia
* Monaco
* Montenegro
* Norvegia
* Paesi Bassi
* Polonia
* Portogallo
* Regno Unito
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Serbia
* Slovacchia
* Slovenia
* Spagna
* Svezia
* Svizzera
* Turchia
* Ucraina
* Ungheria

### Anagrams

* Sauris, russai, usarsi, ussari

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* Rossia

### Etymology

Sixteenth-century Latinisation of the Middle Russian Русь (Rusʹ, “Rus”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈrus.si.a/, [ˈrʊs̠ːiä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈrus.si.a/, [ˈrusːiä]

### Proper noun

Russia f sg (genitive Russiae); first declension
* (New Latin) Russia (A transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)

#### Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

#### Synonyms

* Ruthenia

#### Derived terms

* russicus