Ruthenia

See also: ruthenia

English

Etymology

Related to Ruthene, Ruthenian, Ruthenic, from Medieval Latin Rutheni, Ruteni, related to Russi, Ruzi as Prutheni, Pruteni is to Prussi, Pruzi (“Prussians”). Compare Rus, Russ, from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ), compare Byzantine Greek Ῥῶς (Rhôs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹuːˈθiː.ni.ə/

Proper noun

Ruthenia

1. The territory between Central and Eastern Europe inhabited by Rusyns, on the slopes of the Carpathian Mountains in parts of Ukraine, Poland and Slovakia.

   Synonyms: Carpathian Ruthenia, Zakarpattia, Subcarpathian Rus, Carpatho-Ukraine

2. (historical) Lands inhabited by Ukrainians (Ruthenians) of the former Austrian Empire kingdom of Galicia (1772–1918), corresponding to parts of Western Ukraine.
3. (historical) Western portions of East Slavic lands, including the principalities of Galicia-Volhynia and Kyiv, which united with Lithuania and Poland (14th c–1772), corresponding to what is now Ukraine and Belarus.

   Synonyms: Red Ruthenia, Galicia-Volhynia

4. (historical) Rus, an East Slavic medieval state (880–12th c), corresponding to what is now Ukraine and Belarus, as well as western Russia.

   Synonyms: Kievan Rus, Kievan Russia

Related terms

• Rus
• Russia
• ruthenium
• White Ruthenia

Translations

alternative name of Rus — see also Rus

• Armenian: Ռուտենիա (Ṙutenia)
• Belarusian: Рутэ́нія f (Ruténija), Русь f (Rusʹ)
• Bulgarian: Руте́ния f (Ruténija), Рус f (Rus)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 羅塞尼亞／罗塞尼亚 (Luōsāiníyǎ)

• Czech: Rus (cs) f
• French: Ruthénie (fr) f
• German: Ruthenien (de) n
• Greek: Ρουθηνία f (Routhinía)
• Irish: an Rúitéin f
• Italian: Rutenia f
• Japanese: ルテニア (Rutenia)
• Korean: 루테니아 (Rutenia)
• Latin: Rūthēnia f, Russia (la) f
• Marathi: रुथेनिया (rutheniyā)
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Русь f (Rusĭ)

• Old East Slavic: Русь f (Rusĭ)
• Persian: ارس (fa) (orus)
• Polish: Ruś (pl) f
• Portuguese: Rutênia f
• Romanian: Rutenia f
• Russian: Руте́ния f (Ruténija), Русь (ru) f (Rusʹ)
• Slovak: Rus (sk) f
• Spanish: Rutenia f
• Ukrainian: Руте́нія f (Ruténija), Русь (uk) f (Rusʹ)

References

• OED (Ruthenian, Ruthene, Russniak)

Anagrams

• Huterian, haurient

Portuguese

Proper noun

Ruthenia f

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Ruténia.