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Rusia

Pronunciation: /ˈru.si.a/

“Rusia” is a Romanian word. Its meaning in English:

proper noun

  1. Russia (a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)

In Romanian

  1. (geogr., defectiv de plural) țară care se întinde pe un teritoriu vast în Europa și Asia. Nume oficial: Federația Rusă. Capitală: Moscova. Limbă oficială: rusă (și încă 35 de limbi în republicile federale).

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Russia, from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ, “Varangians, inhabitants of Rus”). Equivalent to rus + -ia. From Old Romanian Rusia, where -i- is stressed, from Early Romanian *Rrusî́ia, from South Slavic dialect Rusȉja (> Serbo-Croatian Rùsija).

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