Little Russian

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Little Russian

proper noun

  1. obsolete The Ukrainian language, especially when (possibly erroneously) considered to be mutually intelligible with the Russian ("Great Russian") and Belarusian ("White Russian") languages.

noun Little Russians

  1. historical, in a Russian Empire context A native or inhabitant of Little Russia (i.e. Ukraine). A well-defined ethnical line is all that separates the Slovaks from the Magyars and the Little Russians.

adjective

  1. not comparable Of or pertaining to Little Russia.

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noun inhabitant of Little Russia

FrançaisPetit-Russien, Petite-Russienne
DeutschKleinrusse, Kleinrussin
Русскиймалоро́сс maloróss, малороссия́нин malorossijánin

adj of or pertaining to Little Russia

Françaispetit-russien
Deutschkleinrussisch
Русскиймалоросси́йский malorossíjskij

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@misc{little_russian_2026,
  title = {Little Russian},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/little%20russian},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}