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Etymology

1538, from Mediaeval Latin Russi (“‘Russians’”) < Old East Slavic Русь (“‘Rus’”). The name comes from a group of warrior merchants from Sweden who settled around Kiev and the Dnieper river in the ninth century, and established the Rus principalities. Ultimate origin is uncertain; see Wikipedia's article on Etymology of Rus and derivatives for more detail.

Compare Russian Россия (Rossíja), “‘Russia’”), Medieval Greek οί Ῥῶς (oi Rhōs), Arabic روس (rūs).

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Proper noun

Singular Russia

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Russia

  1. A country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. The Country extends from the Gulf of Finland to the Pacific Ocean, and was part of the USSR from 1922 to 1991. Official name Russian Federation, formerly the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR), Capital and largest city Moscow
  2. (historical, informal) 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).
  3. (historical) The Russian Empire.
  4. (historical, dated) Rus, the medieval East Slavic state.

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Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on: Russia

Wikipedia it

Proper noun

Russia f.

  1. Russia

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