Rus (English, name)
expansion: Rus (countable and uncountable, plural Rus)
Senses:
glosses: A people made up of Scandinavian warrior merchants who travelled Eastern European river-roads from the eighth century, and whose settlements around Novgorod, Kiev/Kyiv and the Volga and Dnieper/Dnipro gave rise to the Rus' principalities.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: Kievan Rus, the medieval East Slavic state established by these same warrior merchants in the 9th century, whose capital was in Kiev.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: Any of the medieval East Slavic principalities ruled by this class, especially Kievan Rus.
tags: countable
uncountable
glosses: The nation of Russia, especially in a transcendent or romantic sense referring to the history and culture of the country.
tags: countable
poetic
uncountable
Forms:
form: Rus
tags: plural
form: Rus'
tags: alternative
form: Rūs
tags: alternative