Little Russia
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The community grew so large that in 1981 New York magazine ran a five-page spread titled “A Little Russia Grows in Brooklyn.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2022
Mr. Davidzon, 53, serves as a kingmaker in Brighton Beach, Sheepshead Bay and Manhattan Beach, the neighborhoods known collectively as Little Russia.
From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2012
They went to a store called Little Russia and looked at the lacquered dolls there.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 26, 2010
In 1929 she appeared for two weeks at the Little Russia restaurant on Manhattan's 57th Street, where Lou Irwin, an artist's representative, heard her and got her an option contract with Warner Bros, in Hollywood.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In Little Russia the people already had the right of electing their local officials.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
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