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czarina

or tsa·ri·na, tza·ri·na

[ zah-ree-nuh, tsah- ]
/ zɑˈri nə, tsɑ- /
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noun
the wife of a czar; Russian empress.
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Origin of czarina

1710–20; czar + -ina feminine suffix (as in Christina), modeled on German Zarin empress, equivalent to Zar Czar + -in feminine suffix
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British Dictionary definitions for czarina

czarina

czaritza (zɑːˈrɪtsə)

/ (zɑːˈriːnə) /

noun
variant spellings (esp US) of tsarina or tsaritsaSee tsarina
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