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czarina

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cza⋅ri⋅na

  [zah-ree-nuh, tsah-]
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–noun
the wife of a czar; Russian empress.
Also, tsarina, tzarina.

Origin:
1710–20; czar + -ina fem. suffix (as in Christina), modeled on G Zarin empress, equiv. to Zar Czar + -in fem. suffix
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cza·ri·na   (zä-rē'nə, tsä-)   
n.  The wife of a Russian czar.

[Alteration (perhaps influenced by Latin rēgīna, queen) of Russian tsaritsa; see czaritza.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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