What does russian mean?

Definitions for russian
ˈrʌʃ ənrus·sian

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Russiannoun

    a native or inhabitant of Russia

  2. Russianadjective

    the Slavic language that is the official language of Russia

  3. Russianadjective

    of or pertaining to or characteristic of Russia or its people or culture or language

    "Russian dancing"

Wiktionary

  1. Russiannoun

    A person from Russia.

  2. Russiannoun

    An ethnic Russian.

  3. Russiannoun

    A domestic cat breed.

  4. Russiannoun

    A cat of this breed.

  5. Russiannoun

    A type of juggling ball with a hard outer shell, filled with salt, sand or another similar substance.

  6. Russianadjective

    Of or pertaining to Russia.

  7. Russianadjective

    Of or pertaining to Rus.

  8. Russiannoun

    The Russian language.

  9. 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.

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  1. Russianadjective

    of or pertaining to Russia, its inhabitants, or language

  2. Russiannoun

    a native or inhabitant of Russia; the language of Russia

Wikidata

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'russian' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1936

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'russian' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4691

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'russian' in Nouns Frequency: #2188

  4. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'russian' in Adjectives Frequency: #262

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of russian in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of russian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of russian in a Sentence

  1. Anna Zafesova:

    He has dozens of young women and men perfectly capable of carrying on his investigative work. Maybe they are less charismatic than he, but they are proof that the Russian opposition is not only virtual and cannot be silenced with the poisoning of its leader. POISONED KREMLIN CRITIC ALEXEI NAVALNY OUT OF COMA AND RESPONSIVE: GERMAN HOSPITAL Navalnys spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh and fellow team member Georgi Alburov front the Tatarstan film, and said they were followed and harassed while shooting by men who blocked their paths with quad bikes or lurked nearby. Some dramatic images along those lines appear in the film.Yarmysh talks about how Tatarstan was supposed to be one of Navalnys stops on his late summer swing through Russian regions ahead of elections. Navalny was lobbying forSmart Voting. He argued that ifhe and people like him couldnt run in elections in Russia, the next best thing wasto simply vote for a candidate who is not from the same party as President Vladimir Putin, United Russia. Navalnyfamously called it the party of crooks and thieves and wantedto chip away at its monopoly on power howeverpossible.He believes Smart Voting can eventually dislodge it from power. GERMANY SUGGESTS HALT TO RUSSIA PIPELINE PROJECT, SEEKS COOPERATION WITH NAVALNY POISONING INVESTIGATION In the documentary from Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, Navalnys team keeps up his stylistic pace with drone video of what itidentifiesas the palatial homes of the regional president and his family, punctuated withvideoof the vast collection of fancy watches from Patek Phillipe to Breguet worn byleaderRustam Minnikhanov. Even if you dont understand Russian, it is compelling TV, Zafesova said. Navalnys investigations have evolved over the years from merely facts and analysis on his blog to full-scale movies.He invented a whole new way to oppose power, a mix of media and politics which is very important in a censored media environment like Russia and fills the void of free media as well as free debate and an independent judicial system.Navalnys videos are funny, clever, precise and shocking, not just angry denunciations of the wrongdoings of government.

  2. Adnan Masalmeh:

    The Russian insistence on attempting to impose conditions, their unreadiness to stop the air strikes during negotiations, all this gives us more reason for lack of trust and justified fear.

  3. Yuriy Ignat:

    Russia is fighting with modern weapons -- missiles, hypersonic missiles. Therefore, we need Western weapons that are technologically as good as Russian ones. I am talking about NATO Integrated Air Defense System, F-15 Eagle or F-16 Fighting Falcon. They may be not used or decommissioned -- but they could serve the Ukrainian army, with these weapons, we could confront the enemy on our own, we could close the sky.

  4. Volodymyr Zelenskyy:

    The Russian army has already destroyed almost the entire Donbas. Once one of the most powerful industrial centers in Europe is simply devastated, the occupiers are destroying it city after city.

  5. The Russian embassy:

    A tragic accident with a Russian diplomat occurred on October 19, 2021, all the formalities related to sending the diplomat's body to his homeland were promptly settled with the competent law enforcement and medical authorities of Germany in accordance with the current practice.

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