Little Russia

[ lit-l ruhsh-uh ]

/ ˈlɪt l ˈrʌʃ ə /

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noun

former name for the region consisting mainly of Ukraine but sometimes considered as including adjacent areas.

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How to use Little Russia in a sentence

When Ilya Metchnikoff was 8 and running around on his parents’ Panassovka estate in Little Russia, now Ukraine, he was making notes on the local flora like a junior botanist.
The Man Who Drank Cholera and Launched the Yogurt Craze - Issue 100: Outsiders|Lina Zeldovich|May 19, 2021|Nautilus
"There is none," returned the child, in the dialect of Little Russia.
The Strand Magazine, Vol. 1 - No. 1,|Various
As a result, Little Russia was subject to all the horrors of war, but the Russian power prevailed in the end.
The Story of Russia|R. Van Bergen, M.A.
Perhaps the most remarkable among the stories of this class is the following, which comes from Little Russia.
Russian Fairy Tales|W. R. S. Ralston

A tune had come back to her that men sang in Little Russia trudging home from the wheat fields.
Erik Dorn|Ben Hecht
A much closer parallel, however, is furnished by the Ҳороводъ or choral dance of Little Russia.
Stories and Ballads of the Far Past|Nora Kershaw

British Dictionary definitions for Little Russia

Little Russia

noun

a region of the former Soviet Union, consisting chiefly of Ukraine

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