Prussia

From New Latin Prūssia, a Latinization used by Peter of Dusburg of a Baltic (Old Prussian, or perhaps Lithuanian or Latvian) autonym. The Proto-Indo-European source of the name is unclear; more at Prussia. Compare the Proto-Balto-Slavic *prus-sk-,^[1] whose cognates include Proto-Slavic *prъskati (“to splutter, to splash”), Sanskrit प्रुष्णोति (pruṣṇóti, “to sprinkle”),^[1] and thus signifying "watery land".

The Middle English designation for the region, Pruce, derives from the same Latinization and is the source of the terms pruce and spruce.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹʌ.ʃə/
• (Philippines) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹʊ.ʃɐ/

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• Rhymes: -ʌʃə

Prussia

2. (chiefly historical) A geographical area on the Baltic coast of Northeast Europe.
4. (historical) A former duchy, kingdom and (after German unification in 1871) a province of Germany, existing in various forms from 1525 to 1947 in parts of modern Germany, Poland and Russia; it originated from the historical region of Prussia and expanded over time through conquest.
5. (countable) A country known for exceptional military professionalism in her region. Historically used for Bulgaria as the "Prussia of the Balkans".
   • 2010, Stephen Kinzer, A Thousand Hills — Rwanda’s Rebirth and the Man Who Dreamed It:

     Sometimes referred to as the “Prussia of Africa,” Rwanda insists on enormous self-discipline from every citizen.

6. A township in Adair County, Iowa, United States.
7. Former name of Leader, Saskatchewan, changed due to anti-German sentiment in WWI.

In the Baltic languages the 'u' is long; it was also long in Middle English, but it has become short in modern English.

• Prussian

• suparis

From New Latin Prūssia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈprus.sja/
• Rhymes: -ussja
• Hyphenation: Prùs‧sia

Prussia f

1. (chiefly historical) Prussia (a geographical area on the Baltic coast of Northeast Europe)
2. (historical) Prussia (a former duchy, kingdom and (after German unification in 1871) a province of Germany, existing from 1525 to 1947 in parts of modern Germany, Poland and Russia)

• prusso

Prūssia f sg (genitive Prūssiae); first declension

1. (chiefly historical) Prussia (a geographical area on the Baltic coast of Northeast Europe)
2. (historical) Prussia (a former duchy, kingdom and (after German unification in 1871) a province of Germany, existing from 1525 to 1947 in parts of modern Germany, Poland and Russia)

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Prussia on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

Prussia f

1. obsolete spelling of Prússia
   • 1914, David Lloyd George, A Guerra Europea, Harrison and Sons, page 2:

     Porque é que a Austria e a Prussia não estão cumprindo com a sua parte do contracto ?

     Why are Austria and Prussia not performing the obligations of their bond ?