Type Region
Scripts Русь(Russian, Ukrainian)
Meaning & History
Probably of Old Norse origin, possibly from róðr meaning "rowing", referring to the Norse Varangians and their main mode of transportation. This was the name of a medieval Slavic state of Eastern Europe (around Belarus, Ukraine and western Russia), originally founded by the Varangians in the 9th century.
Related Names
VariantsRossiya(Russian) Rosiya(Ukrainian) Russia(English) Russland(German) Ryssland(Swedish) Russland(Norwegian) Rusland(Danish)
Other Languages & CulturesRusiya(Arabic) Rusiya(Azerbaijani) Rasiya, Rus'(Belarusian) Rusiya(Bulgarian) Rússia(Catalan) Rusya(Cebuano) Rusija(Croatian) Rusko(Czech) Roes, Rusland(Dutch) Russie(French) Rosia(Greek) Rússland(Icelandic) Rusia(Indonesian) Russia(Italian) Roshia(Japanese) Resey(Kazakh) Reosia(Korean) Orusiya(Kyrgyz) Russia(Late Roman) Rusija(Lithuanian) Rusija(Macedonian) Rusia(Malay) Rusiyeh(Persian) Rosja, Ruś(Polish) Rússia(Portuguese) Rusia(Romanian) Rusija(Serbian) Rusko(Slovak) Rusija(Slovene) Rusia(Spanish) Rusya(Tagalog) Rusiya(Tajik) Rusya(Turkish)
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