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noun

Sophia Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst; "Catherine the Great", 1729–96, empress of Russia 1762–96.

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Words nearby Catherine II

Catherine, Catherine de' Medici, Catherine de Médicis, Catherine Howard, Catherine I, Catherine II, Catherine of Alexandria, Catherine of Aragon, Catherine of Braganza, Catherine of Siena, Catherine Parr

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British Dictionary definitions for Catherine II

Catherine II

noun

known as Catherine the Great. 1729–96, empress of Russia (1762–96), during whose reign Russia extended her boundaries at the expense of Turkey, Sweden, and Poland: she was a patron of literature and the arts

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