Mother Russia
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Etymology
Calque of Russian Ма́тушка Росси́я (Mátuška Rossíja) or Росси́я-Ма́тушка (Rossíja-Mátuška).
Proper noun
- A national personification of Russia as a woman, appearing in patriotic posters, statues, etc.
- (metonymically) Russia.
- 1920, Malcolm Waters Davis, Open Gates to Russia, page 44:
- We did not understand what it was all about; but we were defending Mother Russia.
- 1970, Wally Ferris, Across 110th, page 103:
- 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.
- 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 165:
- Collective daydreaming shut down when we boarded the Soviet-made airliner in Korea. Next stop Mother Russia.
Translations
national personification of Russia
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