"Mother Russia" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Calque of Russian Ма́тушка Росси́я (Mátuška Rossíja) or Росси́я-Ма́тушка (Rossíja-Mátuška). Etymology templates: {{clq|en|ru|Ма́тушка Росси́я}} Calque of Russian Ма́тушка Росси́я (Mátuška Rossíja) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Mother Russia}} Mother Russia
  1. A national personification of Russia as a woman, appearing in patriotic posters, statues, etc.
    Sense id: en-Mother_Russia-en-name-o2ZqARSy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 100 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 100 0
  2. (metonymically) Russia. Tags: metonymically Categories (place): Russia
    Sense id: en-Mother_Russia-en-name-Snr6Uw4y Disambiguation of Russia: 29 71 Categories (other): English metonyms
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (national personification of Russia): Майка Русия (Majka Rusija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Mare Rússia [feminine] (Catalan), Äiti-Venäjä (Finnish), Mère Russie [feminine] (French), Mütterchen Russland [neuter] (German), אִמָּא רוּסְיָה (ímma rúsya) [feminine] (Hebrew), Madre Russia [feminine] (Italian), Matka Rosja [feminine] (Polish), Mãe Rússia [feminine] (Portuguese), Mama Rusie [feminine] (Romanian), Mama Rusia [feminine] (Romanian), Матушка Россия (Matuška Rossija) [feminine] (Russian), Россия-Матушка (Rossija-Matuška) [feminine] (Russian), Madre Rusia [feminine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'national personification of Russia': 54 46
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