Rus

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Earlier form Russ from German Russe etc., from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). More recent use influenced by Russian Русь (Rusʹ), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Use with macron was probably influenced by the transliteration of Arabic رُوس (rūs). Compare Russ, Russian, Russie, Russniak, Rusyn, Ruthenian. Also compare Swedish Ryss, Dutch Rus, German Russe, French Russe, Byzantine Greek Ῥῶς (Rhôs), Russian Русь (Rusʹ), Belarusian Русь (Rusʹ), Ukrainian Русь (Rusʹ). Also compare Russian ру́сский (rússkij, “Ethnic Russian, of Rus”), россия́нин (rossijánin, “Russian national”), Росси́я (Rossíja, “Russia”). See further Etymology of Rus and derivatives.

124 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: Roes — people
• Arabic: رُوس (rūs) — people
• Belarusian: Русь (Rusʹ) — people
• Belarusian: русь (rusʹ) — people
• Belarusian: ру́січы (rúsičy) — people
• Bulgarian: Рус (Rus) — people
• Carpathian Rusyn: русь (rusʹ) — people
• Chinese Mandarin: 羅斯 /罗斯 (Luósī) — people
• Czech: Rus — people
• Finnish: rusit — people
• French: Rus' — people
• French: Rus — people
• German: Rus — people
• Greek: Ρως (Ros) — people
• Hebrew: רוס (rus) — people
• Indonesian: Rus — people
• Japanese: ルーシ (Rūshi) — people
• Korean: 루시 (Rusi) — people
• Latin: Ruthenia — people
• Latvian: Krievzeme — people
• Macedonian: Рус (Rus) — people
• Malay: Rus — people
• Mongolian: орос (oros) — people
• Iranian Persian: روس (rus) — people
• Iranian Persian: اُرُس (oros) — people
• Polish: Ruś — people
• Portuguese: rus — people
• Russian: Русь (Rusʹ) — people
• Russian: ру́сичи (rúsiči) — people
• Russian: русь (rusʹ) — people
• Serbo-Croatian: Русија — people
• Serbo-Croatian: Rusija — people
• Slovak: Rus — people
• Slovene: Rusija — people
• Spanish: Rus — people
• Swedish: ruser — people
• Ukrainian: Русь (Rusʹ) — people
• Ukrainian: русь (rusʹ) — people
• Ukrainian: ру́сичі (rúsyči) — people
• Albanian: Rus — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Albanian: Rusi — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Arabic: رُوس (rūs) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Armenian: Ռուսիա (Ṙusia) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Azerbaijani: Rus — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Belarusian: Русь (Rusʹ) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Belarusian: Ру́ская зямля́ (Rúskaja zjamljá) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Belarusian: Рутэ́нія (Ruténija) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Bulgarian: Рус (Rus) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Carpathian Rusyn: Русь (Rusʹ) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Carpathian Rusyn: Ру́ська земля́ (Rúsʹka zemljá) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Chinese Mandarin: 羅斯 /罗斯 (Luósī) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Czech: Rus — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Dutch: Roes — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Finnish: Rutenia — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• French: Rus' — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• French: Rous' — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• French: Ruthénie — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• German: Rus — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• German: Ruthenien — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Greek: Ρως (Ros) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Ancient Greek: Ῥῶς (Rhôs) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Hebrew: רוּס (rus) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Hindi: रूस (rūs) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Indonesian: Rus — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Italian: Rutenia — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Italian: Rus' — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Japanese: ルーシ (Rūshi) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Japanese: ルテニア (Rutenia) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Kazakh: Русь (Rus) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Korean: 루시 (Rusi) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Korean: 루테니아 (Rutenia) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Kyrgyz: Русь (Rus) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Latin: Russia — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Latin: Ruthenia — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Latvian: Krievzeme — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Lithuanian: Rusia — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Macedonian: Рус (Rus) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Malay: Rus — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Malay: Rus' — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Mongolian: Рус (Rus) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Mongolian: Русь (Rusʹ) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Church Slavic: Роусь (Rusĭ) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Old East Slavic: Русьскаꙗ землꙗ (Rusĭskaja zemlja) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Old East Slavic: Русь (Rusĭ) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Iranian Persian: روس (rus) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Iranian Persian: اُرُس (oros) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Polish: Ruś — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Portuguese: Ruténia — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Portuguese: Rutênia — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Russian: Русь (Rusʹ) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Russian: Ру́сская земля́ (Rússkaja zemljá) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Russian: Руте́ния (Ruténija) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Serbo-Croatian: Ру̏с — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Serbo-Croatian: Rȕs — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Slovak: Rus — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Slovene: Rus — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Spanish: Rutenia — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Tajik: Рус (Rus) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Turkish: Rus — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Ukrainian: Русь (Rusʹ) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Ukrainian: Ру́ська земля́ (Rúsʹka zemljá) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Ukrainian: Руте́нія (Ruténija) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Urdu: رُوس (rūs) — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Uzbek: Rus — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Vietnamese: Rus' — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Vietnamese: Rus — medieval East Slavic state, usually or often with a qualifier "Kyiv", "Kievan"
• Armenian: Ռուսիա (Ṙusia) — any of the medieval East Slavic principalities
• Belarusian: Русь (Rusʹ) — any of the medieval East Slavic principalities
• Bulgarian: Рус (Rus) — any of the medieval East Slavic principalities
• Carpathian Rusyn: Русь (Rusʹ) — any of the medieval East Slavic principalities
• Chinese Mandarin: 羅斯 /罗斯 (Luósī) — any of the medieval East Slavic principalities
• Czech: Rus — any of the medieval East Slavic principalities
• Finnish: Rusj — any of the medieval East Slavic principalities
• Greek: Ρως (Ros) — any of the medieval East Slavic principalities
• Japanese: ルーシ (Rūshi) — any of the medieval East Slavic principalities
• Latvian: Krievzeme — any of the medieval East Slavic principalities
• Macedonian: Рус (Rus) — any of the medieval East Slavic principalities
• Old East Slavic: Русь (Rusĭ) — any of the medieval East Slavic principalities
• Polish: Ruś — any of the medieval East Slavic principalities
• Portuguese: Ruténia — any of the medieval East Slavic principalities
• Portuguese: Rutênia — any of the medieval East Slavic principalities
• Russian: Русь (Rusʹ) — any of the medieval East Slavic principalities
• Slovak: Rus — any of the medieval East Slavic principalities
• Ukrainian: Русь (Rusʹ) — any of the medieval East Slavic principalities