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Type Region
Usage Russian, Ukrainian, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Scripts Русь(Russian, Ukrainian)
Pronounced Pron. /ˈrusʲ/(Russian)

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.