What does Russian mean?
Definitions for Russian
ˈrʌʃ ənrus·sian
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Russian.
Princeton's WordNet
Russiannoun
a native or inhabitant of Russia
Russianadjective
the Slavic language that is the official language of Russia
Russianadjective
of or pertaining to or characteristic of Russia or its people or culture or language
"Russian dancing"
Wiktionary
Russiannoun
A person from Russia.
Russiannoun
An ethnic Russian.
Russiannoun
A domestic cat breed.
Russiannoun
A cat of this breed.
Russiannoun
A type of juggling ball with a hard outer shell, filled with salt, sand or another similar substance.
Russianadjective
Of or pertaining to Russia.
Russianadjective
Of or pertaining to Rus.
Russiannoun
The Russian language.
Etymology: (11th century) Russianus, the adjective of Russia, a latinization of the Old East Slavic Русь. In English (both as a noun and as an adjective) from the 16th century.
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russian
1) A native or inhabitant of Russia. 2) The official language of Russia. 3) Pertaining to or characteristic of Russia, its people, culture, etc. 4) In a broader context, it can also refer to geopolitical regions that were part of the former Soviet Union.
Webster Dictionary
Russianadjective
of or pertaining to Russia, its inhabitants, or language
Russiannoun
a native or inhabitant of Russia; the language of Russia
Wikidata
Russian
The Russians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries. They are the most numerous indigenous people of the Russian Federation, and the most numerous people in Europe.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Russian
rush′yan, adj. relating to Russia, a country of Europe, or to its people.—n. a native of Russia: the Russian language.—adj. Russ, belonging to the Russians.—n. a Russian: the Russian language.—v.t. Russ′ianise, to give Russian characteristics to.—n. Russificā′tion.—v.t. Rus′sify, to Russianise.—ns. Rus′so-Byzan′tine, the national art of Russian architecture; Rus′sophile, one who favours Russian policy (also adj.); Rus′sophilism; Rus′sophilist; Rus′sophobe, one who dreads or hates the Russians—also Rus′sophobist; Russophō′bia, the dread of Russian policy.—Russia leather (see Leather).
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
RUSSIAN
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Russian is ranked #36970 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Russian surname appeared 604 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Russian.
81.1% or 490 total occurrences were White.
9.4% or 57 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
7.2% or 44 total occurrences were Black.
0.8% or 5 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Russian' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1936
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Russian' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4691
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Russian' in Nouns Frequency: #2188
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Russian' in Adjectives Frequency: #262
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Russian in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Russian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of Russian in a Sentence
Every day that goes by is another day of Paul's life that he's spending in a Russian prison for no fault of his own.
Some people in security services of the Russian Federation don't like Ramzan Kadyrov because it's permitted to him to do everything he wants.
[The Russian people] see – and he no doubt fears they see – his aggressive actions in Ukraine have driven historically neutral countries to seek membership [in NATO], in a strategic sense, Putin’s invasion has made Russia as a whole less secure – not only because of the fact that the invasion did not go well, but now NATO is poised to grow.
The Syrian army now, with support from Russian forces, is recovering its land in the south and restoring the authority of the Syrian state, israel has no justification to carry out any action that obstructs the fight against terrorism.
The single most important source of political information was links to unverified WikiLeaks stories. We believe there was automation pushing those links around but that is our next research project. part of the reason active measures worked in the U.S. election is because the commander in chief used Russian active measures at times against his opponents.
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Translations for Russian
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- الروسيةArabic
- ruštinaCzech
- RussiskDanish
- RussischGerman
- ΡωσικήGreek
- rusoEsperanto
- rusoSpanish
- روسیPersian
- Venäjän kieliFinnish
- russeFrench
- RúisisIrish
- रूसीHindi
- oroszHungarian
- ռուսArmenian
- RusiaIndonesian
- russoItalian
- רוּסִיHebrew
- ロシアJapanese
- ರಷ್ಯನ್Kannada
- 러시아인Korean
- russianLatin
- RussischDutch
- russiskNorwegian
- RosyjskiPolish
- russoPortuguese
- RusăRomanian
- русскийRussian
- ryskaSwedish
- ரஷ்யTamil
- రష్యన్Telugu
- ภาษารัสเซียThai
- RusçaTurkish
- російськийUkrainian
- روسیUrdu
- tiếng NgaVietnamese
- רוסישYiddish
- 俄語Chinese
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