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Rus·sia 
[ruhsh-uh] Pronunciation Key
[ruhsh-uh] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | Also called Russian Empire. Russian, Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917). |
| 2. | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. |
| 3. | Russian Federation. |
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Russia leather
–noun
| a fine, smooth leather produced by careful tanning and dyeing, esp. in dark red: originally prepared in Russia. |
Also called russia.
[Origin: 1650–60]
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Rus·sia
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Russia
Russia
1538, from M.L. Russi "the people of Russia," from Rus, the native name of the people and the country (cf. Arabic Rus, Med.Gk. Rhos), originally the name of a group of Swed. merchant/warriors who established themselves around Kiev 9c. and founded the original Russian principality; perhaps from Ruotsi, the Finnish name for "Sweden," from O.N. Roþrslandi, old name of Roslagen "the land of rowing," where the Finns first encountered the Swedes. Or perhaps related to the IE root for "red," in ref. to hair color. Russian city-states were founded and ruled by Vikings and their descendants. The Russian form of the name, Rossiya, appears to be from Byzantine Gk. Rhosia. Slang or colloq. Russki "Russian" (1858) is from Rus. Russkiy. Russian roulette attested from 1937.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| russia | |
noun | |
| 1. | a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991 [syn: Soviet Union] |
| 2. | formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia [syn: Soviet Russia] |
| 3. | a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917 |
| 4. | a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state |
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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
Russia
Russia
A vast nation that stretches from eastern Europe across the Eurasian land mass. It was the most powerful republic of the former Soviet Union; ethnic Russians composed about half of the population. It is the world's largest country. Its capital and largest city is Moscow.
Note: Russia was ruled by czars of the Romanov family from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries.
Note: Peter the Great, a czar who reigned in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, attempted to westernize Russian government and culture.
Note: During the Russian Revolution of 1917, the Bolsheviks, under Lenin, took control of the government; communists governed from 1917 until 1991.
Note: Russia now occupies the seat on the Security Council of the United Nations formerly held by the Soviet Union.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Russia, OH (village, FIPS 69344) Location: 40.23240 N, 84.41087 W
Population (1990): 442 (143 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 45363
New Russia, NY Zip code(s): 12964
U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Russia
Rus"sia\, n. A country of Europe and Asia. Russia iron, a kind of sheet iron made in Russia, having a lustrous blue-black surface. Russia leather, a soft kind of leather, made originally in Russia but now elsewhere, having a peculiar odor from being impregnated with an oil obtained from birch bark. It is much used in bookbinding, on account of its not being subject to mold, and being proof against insects. Russia matting, matting manufactured in Russia from the inner bark of the linden (Tilia Europ[ae]a).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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