Ruthenia

See also: ruthenia

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Etymology

Related to Ruthene, Ruthenian, Ruthenic, from Medieval Latin Rutheni, Ruteni, related to Russi, Ruzi as Prutheni, Pruteni is to Prussi, Pruzi (“Prussians”). Compare Rus, Russ, from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ), compare Byzantine Greek Ῥῶς (Rhôs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruːˈθiː.ni.ə/

Proper noun

Ruthenia

1. The territory between Central and Eastern Europe inhabited by Rusyns, on the slopes of the Carpathian Mountains in parts of Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia.
2. (historical) Lands inhabited by Ukrainians (Ruthenians) of the former Austrian Empire kingdom of Galicia (1772–1918), corresponding to parts of Western Ukraine.
3. (historical) Western portions of East Slavic lands, including the principalities of Galicia-Volhynia and Kyiv, which united with Lithuania and Poland (14th c–1772), corresponding to what is now Ukraine and Belarus.
4. (historical) Rus, an East Slavic medieval state (880–12th c), corresponding to what is now Ukraine and Belarus, as well as western Russia.

Synonyms

• Carpathian Ruthenia, Transcarpathia, Subcarpathian Rus
• Red Ruthenia (Červona Rus’)
• Galicia-Volhynia
• Kievan Rus, Kievan Russia

Related terms

• Rus
• Russia
• ruthenium

Translations

alternative name of Rus — see also Rus

Armenian: Ռուտենիա (Ṙutenia) Belarusian: Рутэ́нія f (Ruténija), Русь f (Rusʹ) Bulgarian: Руте́ния f (Ruténija), Рус f (Rus) Chinese: Mandarin: 羅塞尼亞 / 罗塞尼亚, 罗塞尼亚 (Luōsāiníyǎ) Czech: Rus (cs) f French: Ruthénie (fr) f German: Ruthenien (de) n Greek: Ρουθηνία f (Routhinía) Irish: an Rúitéin f Italian: Rutenia f (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}} Japanese: ルテニア (Rutenia) Korean: 루테니아 (Rutenia) Latin: Rūthēnia f, Russia (la) f Old East Slavic: Русь f (Rusĭ) Polish: Ruś (pl) f Portuguese: Rutênia f Romanian: Rutenia f Russian: Руте́ния f (Ruténija), Русь (ru) f (Rusʹ) Slovak: Rus (sk) f Spanish: Rutenia f Ukrainian: Руте́нія f (Ruténija), Русь (uk) f (Rusʹ)

References

• OED (Ruthenian, Ruthene, Russniak)

Anagrams

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Proper noun

Ruthenia f

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