"Малороссия" meaning in Russian

See Малороссия in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [məɫɐˈrosʲːɪjə] Audio: Ru-Малороссия.ogg
Etymology: Originally Малая Россия (Malaja Rossija), itself a Calque of Ancient Greek Μικρὰ Ῥωσσίᾱ (Mikrà Rhōssíā), attested since 1292. Coined by the Patriarch of Constantinople to differentiate it from "Great Russia" (Μεγάλη Ῥωσσίᾱ). Can be analysed as ма́лый (mályj, “small”) + -о- (-o-) + Ро́ссия (Róssija, “Rus, Russia”) Etymology templates: {{calque|ru|grc|Μικρὰ Ῥωσσίᾱ}} Calque of Ancient Greek Μικρὰ Ῥωσσίᾱ (Mikrà Rhōssíā), {{af|ru|ма́лый|-о-|Ро́ссия|t1=small|t3=Rus, Russia}} ма́лый (mályj, “small”) + -о- (-o-) + Ро́ссия (Róssija, “Rus, Russia”) Head templates: {{ru-proper noun+|Малоро́ссия|adj=малоросси́йский}} Малоро́ссия • (Maloróssija) f inan (genitive Малоро́ссии, relational adjective малоросси́йский) Forms: Малоро́ссия [canonical], Maloróssija [romanization], Малоро́ссии [genitive], малоросси́йский [adjective, relational], no-table-tags [table-tags], Малоро́ссия [nominative, singular], Малоро́ссии [genitive, singular], Малоро́ссии [dative, singular], Малоро́ссию [accusative, singular], Малоро́ссией [instrumental, singular], Малоро́ссиею [instrumental, singular], Малоро́ссии [prepositional, singular]
  1. (historical) Little Russia Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-Малороссия-ru-name-tnOV-TOS Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Russian entries with incorrect language header, Russian links with redundant alt parameters, Russian links with redundant wikilinks, Russian nouns with accent pattern a, Russian terms interfixed with -о-, Nicknames for countries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Russian entries with incorrect language header: 100 0 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant alt parameters: 100 0 Disambiguation of Russian links with redundant wikilinks: 100 0 Disambiguation of Russian nouns with accent pattern a: 100 0 Disambiguation of Russian terms interfixed with -о-: 100 0 Disambiguation of Nicknames for countries: 100 0
  2. (dated, now considered offensive) Ukraine Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-Малороссия-ru-name-WA7txmnz Categories (other): Ukraine Disambiguation of Ukraine: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Ма́лая Ру́сь (Málaja Rúsʹ), Ма́лая Росси́я (Málaja Rossíja), Малору́ссия (Malorússija) Derived forms: малоро́с (malorós), малороссия́нин (malorossijánin), малоросси́ец (malorossíjec), малороссия́нец (malorossijánec) Related terms: Росси́я (Rossíja)
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "ipa": "[məɫɐˈrosʲːɪjə]"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Málaja Rossíja",
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      "roman": "Malorússija",
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      "roman": "Málaja Rúsʹ",
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