rus

Meaning

1. (declension-3) countryside, country, lands, fields
2. (declension-3) farm, estate
3. (declension-3) village

Concepts

country

village

countryside

people

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

rural area

place

town

🏙️

drive

family

👪

folk music

hoi polloi

human

human being

humanity

humankind

man

👨

mankind

masses

populace

public

region

settlement

the country

villages

wilderness

world

🗺️

general public

the great unwashed

area

volk

campaign

citizen

citizenry

city

🏙️

class

common people

Synonyms

pagus

natio

natio nationis

Translations

pueblo

🏙️

قرية

χωριό

village

poble

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

Dorf

campagna

villaggio

platteland

Land

campagne

dorp

εξοχή

camp

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈruːs]

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Italic *rowos, from Proto-Indo-European *rewh₁os (“open space, field”), from *rewh₁- (“to open, wide”). Cognate with Old Irish róe (“flat field”) and Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬵- (rauuah-, “open space”), English room.