Prussia

Etymology
From, a Latinization used by Peter of Dusburg of a (, or perhaps  or ) autonym. The source of the name is unclear; more at Prussia. Compare the 🇨🇬, whose cognates include 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,  and thus signifying "watery land".

The 🇨🇬 designation for the region,, derives from the same Latinization and is the source of the terms and.

Proper noun

 * 1)  A geographical area on the Baltic coast of northeastern Europe.
 * 2)  A Baltic country located in this area, conquered by the Teutonic Order and ultimately absorbed into Germany.
 * 3)  A German province which was originally located in this area but later greatly expanded, and which was the predecessor to and a member of the German Empire; abolished as an administrative unit at the end of the Second World War.
 * 4)  A country known for exceptional military professionalism in her region. Historically used for Bulgaria as the "Prussia of the Balkans".
 * 5)  Saskatchewan, changed due to anti-German sentiment in WWI.
 * 1)  Saskatchewan, changed due to anti-German sentiment in WWI.
 * 1)  Saskatchewan, changed due to anti-German sentiment in WWI.

Usage notes
In the Baltic languages the 'u' is long; it was also long in Middle English, but it has become short in modern English.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: بْرُوسْيَا
 * Armenian: Պրուսիա
 * Azerbaijani: Prussiya
 * Belarusian: Пру́сія
 * Bengali: প্রুশিয়া
 * Bulgarian: Пру́сия
 * Catalan: Prússia
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, Prusy
 * Danish: Preussen, Prøjsen
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Prusujo,
 * Estonian: Preisimaa
 * Farefare: Purusgo, Purusgɔ
 * Faroese: Prussland
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: Prussie
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: პრუსია
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: प्रशिया
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: Prúis
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: Пруссия
 * Korean: ^프로이센
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin: Prūssia, Borūssia
 * Latvian: Prūsija
 * Lithuanian: Prūsija
 * Macedonian: Прусија
 * Malay: Prusia
 * Marathi: प्रशिया
 * Mongolian: Прусс
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: Preussen
 * Nynorsk: Preussen
 * Occitan: Prússia
 * Ottoman Turkish: پروسیا
 * Pannonian Rusyn: Прайзска
 * Persian: پروس, پروسیا
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: Prusia
 * Russian:
 * Sardinian: Prùssia
 * Scots: Proushie
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Пруска, Прусија
 * Roman:, Prusija
 * Sinhalese: ප්‍රෂියාව
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: Prusya
 * Tajik: Пруссия
 * Tatar: Пруссия
 * Thai: ปรัสเซีย
 * Turkish: Prusya
 * Turkmen: Prussiýa
 * Ukrainian: Пру́ссія
 * Uzbek: Prussiya
 * Vietnamese:, Phổ Lỗ Sĩ
 * Welsh: Prwsia
 * Yiddish: פּרײַסן, פּרײַסיע


 * Belarusian: Пру́сія
 * Catalan: Prússia
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: Preussen, Prøjsen
 * Estonian: Preisimaa
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: პრუსია
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: Pelukia
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: Prúis
 * Latin: Prussia, Prutenia
 * Latvian: Prūsija
 * Lithuanian: Prūsai
 * Marathi: प्रशिया
 * Middle English: Pruce
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: Preussen
 * Nynorsk: Preussen
 * Occitan: Prússia
 * Old Prussian: Prūsa
 * Ottoman Turkish: پروسیا
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sardinian: Prùssia
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ปรัสเซีย
 * Turkish: Prusya
 * Yiddish: פּרײַסן, פּרײַסיע


 * Arabic: بْرُوسْيَا
 * Belarusian: Пру́сія
 * Catalan: Prússia
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Corsican: Prussia
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Preussen, Prøjsen
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:, Prusujo
 * Estonian: Preisimaa
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: პრუსია
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: פרוסיה
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: Prusia
 * Irish: Prúis
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: ^프로이센
 * Latin: Borussia
 * Latvian: Prūsija
 * Lithuanian: Prūsija
 * Marathi: प्रशिया
 * Norwegian: Preussen
 * Bokmål: Preussen
 * Nynorsk: Preussen
 * Old Prussian: Prūsija
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Sardinian: Prùssia
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Пру̏ска
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: ปรัสเซีย
 * Yiddish: פּרײַסן, פּרײַסיע

Etymology
From.