russian
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1. the Slavic language that is the official language of Russia (noun.communication)
| domain region | : | russia, soviet union, union of soviet socialist republics, ussr, |
| definition | : | a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991 (noun.location) |
2. a native or inhabitant of Russia (noun.person)
| hyponym | : | tatar, |
| definition | : | a member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many other groups) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | udmurt, votyak, |
| definition | : | a member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | komi, |
| definition | : | a member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | cheremis, cheremiss, mari, |
| definition | : | a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | inger, ingerman, ingrian, |
| definition | : | a member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | carelian, karelian, |
| definition | : | a member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | khanty, ostyak, |
| definition | : | a member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals) (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | mordva, mordvin, mordvinian, |
| definition | : | a member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | nganasan, |
| definition | : | a member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr Peninsula in Siberia (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | ostyak-samoyed, selkup, |
| definition | : | one of the people of mixed Ostyak and Samoyed origin in Siberia (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | samoyed, |
| definition | : | a Samoyedic-speaking person in northwestern Siberia (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | veps, vepse, vepsian, |
| definition | : | a member of a Finnish people of Russia (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | mansi, vogul, |
| definition | : | a member of a nomadic people of the northern Urals (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | yeniseian, |
| definition | : | a member of one of the groups living in the Yenisei river valley in western Siberia (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | great russian, |
| definition | : | a member of the chief stock of Russian people living in European Russia; used to distinguish ethnic Russians from other peoples incorporated into Russia (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | muscovite, |
| definition | : | a resident of Moscow (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | georgian, |
| definition | : | a native or inhabitant of Georgia in Asia (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | siberian, |
| definition | : | a native or inhabitant of Siberia (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | chechen, |
| definition | : | a native or inhabitant of Chechnya (noun.person) |
3. of or pertaining to or characteristic of Russia or its people or culture or language (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | russia, soviet union, union of soviet socialist republics, ussr, |
| definition | : | a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991 (noun.location) |
| derivation | : | russia, |
| definition | : | a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917 (noun.location) |
| derivation | : | russia, russian federation, |
| definition | : | a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state (noun.location) |
| pertainym | : | russia, soviet union, union of soviet socialist republics, ussr, |
| definition | : | a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991 (noun.location) |
| derivation | : | russia, |
| definition | : | a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917 (noun.location) |
| derivation | : | russia, russian federation, |
| definition | : | a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state (noun.location) |
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