Rossija

English

Proper noun

Rossija

  1. Alternative spelling of Rossiya.
    • 1999, Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, page 419:
      Charlemagne E. V. 1915. Mammals of the vicinities of Kyiv. [In:] Materials to investigation of fauna of the South-west of Rossija. Kessler Ornithol. soc., Kyiv, 1:26-92. (In Russian).
    • 2009, Nonna Bannister, Denise George, Carolyn Tomlin, “Family Background”, in The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister, Carol Stream, Ill.: Tyndale House Publishers, page 18:
      Yakov could not abandon these people—after all he was a Cossack and was proud to serve his country—Mother Rossija—and His Majesty Tsar Nicholas II.
    • 2014, Michael E Wills, Finn’s Fate, 2nd edition, SilverWood Books:
      They did not mix with the slaves from Rossija, Magyar, Hrvatska or Frisia, and tended to be aggressive towards them. They were detailed to work in the forest on timber-felling together with two Rossijans, Vanja and Pasha.
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