Russian

/ˈrʌʃən/
/ˈrʌʃən/
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Other forms: Russians

Definitions of Russian
  1. adjective
    of or pertaining to or characteristic of Russia or its people or culture or language
    “Russian dancing”
  2. noun
    a native or inhabitant of Russia
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    Tatar
    a member of the Turkic-speaking people living from the Volga to the Ural Mountains (the name has been attributed to many other groups)
    Udmurt, Votyak
    a member of the Finno-Ugric-speaking people living in eastern European Russia
    Komi
    a member of a Finnish people living in the northwestern Urals in Russia
    Cheremis, Cheremiss, Mari
    a member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia
    Inger, Ingerman, Ingrian
    a member of western Finnish people formerly living in the Baltic province where Saint Petersburg was built
    Carelian, Karelian
    a member of the Finnish people living in Karelia in northwestern European Russia
    Khanty, Ostyak
    a member of the nomadic Ugrian people living in northwestern Siberia (east of the Urals)
    Mordva, Mordvin, Mordvinian
    a member of the agricultural people living in the central Volga provinces of European Russia
    Nganasan
    a member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr Peninsula in Siberia
    Ostyak-Samoyed, Selkup
    one of the people of mixed Ostyak and Samoyed origin in Siberia
    Samoyed
    a Samoyedic-speaking person in northwestern Siberia
    Veps, Vepse, Vepsian
    a member of a Finnish people of Russia
    Mansi, Vogul
    a member of a nomadic people of the northern Urals
    Yeniseian
    a member of one of the groups living in the Yenisei river valley in western Siberia
    Great Russian
    a member of the chief stock of Russian people living in European Russia; used to distinguish ethnic Russians from other peoples incorporated into Russia
    Muscovite
    a resident of Moscow
    Georgian
    a native or inhabitant of Georgia in Asia
    Siberian
    a native or inhabitant of Siberia
    Chechen
    a native or inhabitant of Chechnya
    Chukchi
    a member of an indigenous people living on the Chukchi Peninsula
    type of:
    aboriginal, aborigine, indigen, indigene, native
    an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
  3. noun
    the Slavic language that is the official language of Russia
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    type of:
    Slavic, Slavic language, Slavonic, Slavonic language
    a branch of the Indo-European family of languages
Pronunciation
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