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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
Words nearby czarina
czar, czardas, czardom, czarevitch, czarevna, czarina, czarism, czarist, czaritza, Czech, Czechoslovak
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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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