English Explanatory Dictionary

Mother Russia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A national personification of Russia as a woman, appearing in patriotic posters, statues, etc.
  2. Russia.

Word forms

Mother Russia

Etymology

Calque of Russian Ма́тушка Росси́я (Mátuška Rossíja) or Росси́я-Ма́тушка (Rossíja-Mátuška).

Translations

Bulgarian: Майка Русия Catalan: Mare Rússia Finnish: Äiti-Venäjä French: Mère Russie German: Mütterchen Russland Hebrew: אִמָּא רוּסְיָה Italian: Madre Russia Marathi: रशिया माता Polish: Matka Rosja Portuguese: Mãe Rússia Romanian: Mama Rusie Romanian: Mama Rusia Russian: Ма́тушка Росси́я Russian: Росси́я-Ма́тушка Spanish: Madre Rusia
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