Little Russia
Proper noun
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Proper noun
- (historical) The territory of the former Russian Empire inhabited by Ukrainians, approximately corresponding to modern central and eastern Ukraine.
- 1928, Constance Garnett, translating Nicolai Gogol, ‘Old-world Landowners’:
- I am very fond of the modest manner of life of those solitary owners of remote villages, who in Little Russia are commonly called ‘old-fashioned’ […].
- 1928, Constance Garnett, translating Nicolai Gogol, ‘Old-world Landowners’:
- (historical) The former Imperial Russian administrative subdivisions in north central Ukraine.
- French: Petite Russie
- German: Kleinrussland
- Russian: Ма́лая Русь
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