English Explanatory Dictionary

Little Russia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The territory of the former Russian Empire inhabited by Ukrainians, approximately corresponding to modern central and eastern Ukraine.
  2. The former Imperial Russian administrative subdivisions in north central Ukraine.
noun
  1. An ethnic enclave populated primarily by Russians or people of Russian ancestry.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Little Russia.wav

Word forms

Little Russia Little Russias

Antonyms

Great Russia

Related words

Ruthenia

Translations

Belarusian: Мала́я Русь Belarusian: Мала́я Расі́я Belarusian: Маларо́сія Bulgarian: Малору́сия Chinese Mandarin: 小羅斯 /小罗斯 Danish: Lillerusland Dutch: Klein-Rusland Finnish: Vähä-Venäjä French: Petite Russie Georgian: მალოროსია German: Kleinrussland Greek: Μικρορωσία Ancient Greek: Μικρά Ῥωσία Icelandic: Litla-Rússland Latvian: Mazkrievija Marathi: छोटा रशिया Norwegian Bokmål: Lillerussland Norwegian Nynorsk: Vesle-Russland Polish: Małoruś Polish: Małorosja Romanian: Mica Rusie Russian: Ма́лая Русь Russian: Ма́лая Росси́я Russian: Малоро́ссия Russian: Малору́ссия Spanish: Rusia Menor Swedish: Lillryssland Ukrainian: Мала́ Русь Ukrainian: Мала́ Росі́я Ukrainian: Малоро́сія Vietnamese: Tiểu Nga
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