rus
IPA: rˈʌs
Root Word: Rus
noun
- A people made up of Scandinavian warrior merchants who travelled Eastern European river-roads from the eighth century, and whose settlements around Novgorod, Kiev and the Volga and Dnieper gave rise to the Rus' principalities.
- Kievan Rus', the medieval East Slavic state established by these same warrior merchants in the 9th century, whose capital was in Kiev.
- Any of the medieval East Slavic principalities ruled by this class, especially Kievan Rus.
- (poetic) The nation of Russia, especially in a transcendent or romantic sense referring to the history and culture of the country.
- A person from Rus.
- (US) Initialism of Rural Utilities Service.
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Examples of "rus" in Sentences
- Rus and Russia are not the same.
- The situation at the time of the RUS.
- But it was a transliteration of the name of Rus.
- You will see that the so called ancient Rus are actually Mediavil Rus.
- Encouraged by the epidemic among the Rus, the Muslims approached the city.
- Rus and Russia are not the same, just as Ukraine and Rus are not the same.
- The Moscovite Rus makes whole lot of sense and also the Rus Tsardom as well.