Novorossiya

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An area north of the Black Sea which was conquered by the Russian Empire at the end of the 18th century, located in present-day Ukraine.
  2. A proposed confederation of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic, breakaway states involved in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war.

Word forms

Novorossiya

Etymology

From Russian Новоро́ссия (Novoróssija, literally “New Russia”).

Translations

Marathi: नोवोरोस्सिया Polish: Noworosja Russian: Новоро́ссия Ukrainian: Новоро́сія
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