Ρωσία

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek Ῥῶς (Rhôs), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ), perhaps from Finnish Ruotsi.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɾoˈsi.a/

Proper noun

Ρωσία • (Rosía) f

Russia (The largest country in the world, a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and North Asia)

Declension

Ρωσία

case \ number	singular
nominative	Ρωσία •
genitive	Ρωσίας •
accusative	Ρωσία •
vocative	Ρωσία •

Related terms

Ρωσίδα f (Rosída, “female Russian”)
Ρώσος m (Rósos, “male Russian”)
ρωσικός (rosikós, “Russian”, adj)
ρωσικά n pl (rosiká, “the Russian language”)
ρώσικα n pl (rósika, “the Russian language”) (informal)

Further reading

Ρωσία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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