"Little Russia" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Little Russia}} Little Russia
  1. (historical) The territory of the former Russian Empire inhabited by Ukrainians, approximately corresponding to modern central and eastern Ukraine. Tags: historical Categories (place): Russia, Ukraine Related terms: Ruthenia
    Sense id: en-Little_Russia-en-name-iqRcmoj6 Disambiguation of Russia: 86 14 0 Disambiguation of Ukraine: 49 51 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 10 18 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 83 6 11 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 76 9 15
  2. (historical) The former Imperial Russian administrative subdivisions in north central Ukraine. Tags: historical Categories (place): Ukraine
    Sense id: en-Little_Russia-en-name-cFiZBEFp Disambiguation of Ukraine: 49 51 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (a historical area): Μικρά Ῥωσία (Mikrá Rhōsía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), Мала́я Русь (Malája Rusʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), Мала́я Расі́я (Malája Rasíja) [feminine] (Belarusian), Маларо́сія (Malarósija) [feminine] (Belarusian), Малору́сия (Malorúsija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Lillerusland (Danish), Klein-Rusland (Dutch), Vähä-Venäjä (Finnish), Petite Russie [feminine] (French), მალოროსია (malorosia) (Georgian), Kleinrussland [neuter] (German), Μικρορωσία (Mikrorosía) [feminine] (Greek), Litla-Rússland [neuter] (Icelandic), Mazkrievija [feminine] (Latvian), Lillerussland (Norwegian Bokmål), Vesle-Russland (Norwegian Nynorsk), Małoruś [feminine] (Polish), Małorosja [feminine] (Polish), Mica Rusie [feminine] (Romanian), Ма́лая Русь (Málaja Rusʹ) [feminine] (Russian), Ма́лая Росси́я (Málaja Rossíja) [feminine] (Russian), Малоро́ссия (Maloróssija) [feminine] (Russian), Малору́ссия (Malorússija) [feminine, uncommon] (Russian), Rusia Menor [feminine] (Spanish), Lillryssland (Swedish), Мала́ Русь (Malá Rusʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Мала́ Росі́я (Malá Rosíja) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Малоро́сія (Malorósija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Tiểu Nga (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'a historical area': 46 54

Noun [English]

Forms: Little Russias [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Little Russia (plural Little Russias)
  1. An ethnic enclave populated primarily by Russians or people of Russian ancestry.
    Sense id: en-Little_Russia-en-noun-M0-FgRn5

Inflected forms

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "en:Russia",
    "en:Ukraine"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Little Russias",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "Little Russia (plural Little Russias)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1925, Ruth Clouse, “First Affirmative”, in Edith M. Phelps, editor, University Debaters' Annual, volume 11, →OCLC, page 288",
          "text": "We find that they settle in Little Italies and Little Russias, and instead of accepting the ideals of the country to which they have fled, they propagate their own traditions.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019 April 24, Natalie K. Zelensky, Performing Tsarist Russia in New York: Music, Émigrés, and the American Imagination (Russian Music Studies), Indiana University Press, →LCCN, page 30",
          "text": "The support system offered by the Relief Society was the initial draw for the émigrés to Harlem and helped establish a Little Russia in the neighborhood.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An ethnic enclave populated primarily by Russians or people of Russian ancestry."
      ],
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  "wikipedia": [
    "Little Russia"
  ],
  "word": "Little Russia"
}

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