Russia是什麽意思

Russia

英 ['rʌʃə] 美 ['rʌʃə]

1. 音譯“俄羅斯”：Russian Empire: Russia => 音譯“羅斯”，Empire => 音譯“俄” => Empire of Russia。

Russia: 1530s, from Medieval Latin Russi "the people of Russia," from Rus, the native name of the people and the country (source of Arabic Rus, Medieval Greek Rhos), originally the name of a group of Swedish merchant/warriors who established themselves around Kiev 9c. and founded the original Russian principality; perhaps from Ruotsi, the Finnish name for "Sweden," from Old Norse Roþrslandi, "the land of rowing," old name of Roslagen, where the Finns first encountered the Swedes. This is from Old Norse roðr "steering oar," from Proto-Germanic *rothra- "rudder," from PIE *rot-ro-, from root *ere- (1) "to row" (see row (v.)).

Derivation from the IE root for "red," in reference to hair color, is considered less likely. Russian city-states were founded and ruled by Vikings and their descendants. The Russian form of the name, Rossiya, appears to be from Byzantine Greek Rhosia. Russification is from 1842.

1. There are still several million ethnic Germans in Russia.: 俄羅斯境內仍有數百萬德國人。

2. Russia's efforts to attract investment have been halting and confused.: 俄羅斯在吸引投資上一直躊躇不前，混亂不清。

3. That June, Yeltsin became Russia's first democratically elected President.: 那年6月，葉利欽成了俄羅斯首位民選總統。

5. As such tensions increase, they loom larger in Russia's domestic politics.: 這種緊張關係的不斷加劇使其在俄羅斯國內政治中愈發凸顯。