Russiasとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɹʌ.ʃəs/
• ハイフネーション: Rus‧sias

固有名詞

Russias pl

1. (chiefly historical) The East Slavic states descended from the Rus collectively, typically including Russia (Great Russia), Belarus (White Russia) and Ukraine (Little Russia または Kievan Russia); the Russian Empire. Especially in the title "Emperor (または Tsar または Czar) of All the Russias."
   • 1889, The Round Table

     This spirit first found vent in the wild survey across the Russias, was nourished by a journey across the Caucasus mountains, and a horse-back ride through Daghestan in 1870, and found its deep satisfaction among the convict life […]

   • 2008, James Clavell, Tai-Pan, Dell →ISBN, page 372

     "I recall my father saying that Prince Zergeyev—it must be the same family—was privy to the inner court of the tsar and one of the most powerful men in the Russias. Curious to find one here of all places, what?"

   • 2010, Patrick Leigh Fermor, A Time of Gifts: On Foot to Constantinople: from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube, Hachette UK →ISBN

     He paid brief tribute to the prolific Ioins of Rurik and the princely progeny they scattered across the Russias, and the Grand Princes of Kiev and Novgorod, the Khans of Krim Tartary and the Kagans of the Mongol Hordes.

名詞

Russias

1. plural of Russia