Mother Russia en · PROPN
Etymology
Calque of Russian Ма́тушка Росси́я (Mátuška Rossíja) or Росси́я-Ма́тушка (Rossíja-Mátuška).
Meanings
- A national personification of Russia as a woman, appearing in patriotic posters, statues, etc.
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(metonymically) Russia.
Collective daydreaming shut down when we boarded the Soviet-made airliner in Korea. Next stop Mother Russia.
2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 165:In the thirties and forties, they were the Marxists talkin' about spreading Mother Russia's legs around the world; now it's sing along with the black man.
1970, Wally Ferris, Across 110th, page 103:We did not understand what it was all about; but we were defending Mother Russia.
1920, Malcolm Waters Davis, Open Gates to Russia, page 44:
Translations (15)
it Madre Russia (national personification of Russia) · fr Mère Russie (national personification of Russia) · ro Mama Rusie (national personification of Russia) · bg Майка Русия (national personification of Russia) · ru Ма́тушка Росси́я (national personification of Russia) · de Mütterchen Russland (national personification of Russia) · ro Mama Rusia (national personification of Russia) · pl Matka Rosja (national personification of Russia) · es Madre Rusia (national personification of Russia) · fi Äiti-Venäjä (national personification of Russia) · ca Mare Rússia (national personification of Russia) · mr रशिया माता (national personification of Russia) · ru Росси́я-Ма́тушка (national personification of Russia) · he אִמָּא רוּסְיָה (national personification of Russia) · pt Mãe Rússia (national personification of Russia)