Russia

Etymology
1530s, from, from (whence 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬), which originally referred to a group of Varangians who established themselves near Kiev in the 9th century and ruled Kievan Rus; probably from , from ; related to , an older name of Roslagen, where the Finns first encountered the Swedes. Ultimately from, from , from.

Proper noun

 * 1) . It borders the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Baltic, Black, and Caspian Seas. Part of the Soviet Union from 1917 through 1991.
 * 2)  The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (a very common name, although more formally Russia, the RSFSR, was one of several constituent republics of the USSR).
 * 3)  The Russian Empire; the tsarist empire in Russia lasting from 1721 to 1917.
 * 4)  Kievan Rus; the medieval East Slavic state centered in Kiev.
 * 5)  Any of several East Slavic states descended from Kievan Rus, typically including Russia (Great Russia), Belarus (White Russia) and Ukraine (Little Russia).
 * 1)  Any of several East Slavic states descended from Kievan Rus, typically including Russia (Great Russia), Belarus (White Russia) and Ukraine (Little Russia).
 * 1)  Any of several East Slavic states descended from Kievan Rus, typically including Russia (Great Russia), Belarus (White Russia) and Ukraine (Little Russia).

Etymology
1538, from. Ultimately from.

Etymology
Sixteenth-century Latinisation of the.