russia

CEFRA1

/rˈʌʃə/

noun · proper noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A country extending across eastern Europe and northern Asia.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The Russian Empire; the tsarist empire in Russia lasting from 1721 to 1917.

Examples

  • Our company is planning to build a new chemical plant in Russia.

  • Russia sold 12 million tons of grain abroad last year.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
2
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. 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).

proper noun

Extra meaning

  1. A country spanning eastern Europe and northern Asia.

More examples

In context

  • Russia is facing great financial difficulties.

  • The next stop that we make will be England / Tell all the folks in Russia, and China, too / Don't you know that it's time to get on board? / And let this train keep on riding, riding on through

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Origin

noun

From Medieval Latin Russia, from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ) (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”). By surface analysis, Russ + -ia. First attested in c. 1390s. Doublet of Rossiya.