"Little Russia" meaning in English

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Proper name

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
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  2. (historical) The former Imperial Russian administrative subdivisions in north central Ukraine. Tags: historical Categories (place): Russia, Ukraine
    Sense id: en-Little_Russia-en-name-cFiZBEFp Disambiguation of Russia: 52 48 0 Disambiguation of Ukraine: 46 54 0 Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 46 37 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Ruthenia 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), छोटा रशिया (choṭā raśiyā) [masculine] (Marathi), 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

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 Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 46 37 18

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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The former Imperial Russian administrative subdivisions in north central Ukraine."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) The former Imperial Russian administrative subdivisions in north central Ukraine."
      ],
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        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Malája Rusʹ",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Мала́я Русь"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Malája Rasíja",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Мала́я Расі́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Malarósija",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Маларо́сія"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Malorúsija",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Малору́сия"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "word": "Lillerusland"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "word": "Klein-Rusland"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "word": "Vähä-Venäjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Petite Russie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "malorosia",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "word": "მალოროსია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kleinrussland"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Mikrorosía",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Μικρορωσία"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Mikrá Rhōsía",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Μικρά Ῥωσία"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Litla-Rússland"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mazkrievija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "choṭā raśiyā",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "छोटा रशिया"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "word": "Lillerussland"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "word": "Vesle-Russland"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Małoruś"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Małorosja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mica Rusie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Málaja Rusʹ",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ма́лая Русь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Málaja Rossíja",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ма́лая Росси́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Maloróssija",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Малоро́ссия"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Malorússija",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "uncommon"
      ],
      "word": "Малору́ссия"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rusia Menor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "word": "Lillryssland"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Malá Rusʹ",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Мала́ Русь"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Malá Rosíja",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Мала́ Росі́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Malorósija",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Малоро́сія"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a historical area",
      "word": "Tiểu Nga"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Little Russia"
  ],
  "word": "Little Russia"
}

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    {
      "form": "Little Russias",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Little Russia (plural Little Russias)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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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": "quote"
        },
        {
          "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, →ISBN, →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": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An ethnic enclave populated primarily by Russians or people of Russian ancestry."
      ],
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        [
          "ethnic",
          "ethnic"
        ],
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          "enclave",
          "enclave"
        ],
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          "Russian",
          "Russian"
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          "ancestry",
          "ancestry"
        ]
      ]
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  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Little Russia"
  ],
  "word": "Little Russia"
}

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