russia

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russia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Russia \Rus"sia\, n.
     A country of Europe and Asia.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Russia iron, a kind of sheet iron made in Russia, having a
        lustrous blue-black surface.
  
     Russia leather, a soft kind of leather, made originally in
        Russia but now elsewhere, having a peculiar odor from
        being impregnated with an oil obtained from birch bark. It
        is much used in bookbinding, on account of its not being
        subject to mold, and being proof against insects.
  
     Russia matting, matting manufactured in Russia from the
        inner bark of the linden (Tilia Europaea).
        [1913 Webster]

russia - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Russia
      n 1: a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern
           Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other
           soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and
           others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991 [syn:
           Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
           , USSR]
      2: formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR
         occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia [syn: Soviet   Russia
         , Russia, Russian Soviet Federated Socialist   Republic
         ]
      3: a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created
         in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in
         the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and
         Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital;
         overthrown by revolution in 1917
      4: a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia;
         formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state [syn:
         Russia, Russian Federation]

russia - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Russia, OH (village, FIPS 69344)
    Location: 40.23240 N, 84.41087 W
    Population (1990): 442 (143 housing units)
    Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 45363