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novorossiya

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables
novorossiya
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An area north of the Black Sea which was conquered by the Russian Empire at the end of the 18th century, located in present-day Ukraine.

name

A proposed confederation of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic, breakaway states involved in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war.

Etymology

From Russian Новоро́ссия (Novoróssija, literally “New Russia”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Новоро́ссия

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Places.

Frequently Paired Words

DPR LPR Donetsk Luhansk Lugansk Donbas

Synonyms

New Russia Novo-Russia

Questions

What does novorossiya mean?
An area north of the Black Sea which was conquered by the Russian Empire at the end of the 18th century, located in present-day Ukraine.
Where does novorossiya come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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