English

Pronunciation
IPA|�pɹ�.��, IPA|�pɹu�si��, IPA|�pɹu�.��
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-���|-���

Etymology
From the New Latin 'Prussia', the Latin form used by Peter of Dusburg for the name of the region in the now-extinct language of its Baltic inhabitants, 'Prūsa'.

Proper noun
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en-proper noun

1. A geographical area on the Baltic coast of northeastern Europe.
2. A former Baltic country, annihilated by the w:Teutonic Order|Teutonic Order and absorbed by Germany.
3. A German province that was the predecessor to, and a member of, the w:German Empire|German Empire; erased at the end of the Second World War.

Usage notes
Linguistic evidence affirms that the name is pronounced with a long u : IPA|�pɹu�si�� / IPA|�pɹu�.��. (Such is the pronunciation of the equivalent terms in w:Old Prussian language|Prussian and w:German language|German, and such was the only pronunciation in W:Middle English|Middle English.) Anglicised pronunciation, with a short u (IPA|�pɹ�.��), is also common in modern English, however.

Translations
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trans-top|a geographical area
Finnish: Preussi
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trans-top|former baltic country
Finnish: Preussi
French: Prusse
German: Pru�en
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Latin: Prussia, Prutenia
Lithuanian: Prūsai
Middle English: Pruce
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trans-top|a German province
Chinese (traditional): �魯士 (P�l�shì)
Chinese (simplified): ��士 (P�l�shì)
Croatian: Pruska
Danish: Preussen, Prøjsen
Dutch: Pruisen
Esperanto: Prusio
Finnish: Preussi
French: Prusse
German: Preu�en (in Switzerland also written Preussen)
Hebrew: פר�ס�� (Prusia)
Indonesian: Prusia
Icelandic: Prússland
Italian: Prussia
Japanese: ����� (Poroisen)
Korean: ���� <!-- (...) --->
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Latin: Borussia
Lithuanian: Prūsija
Swedish: Preussen
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Anagrams
RIP, as us.
As I spur

et:Prussia
fr:Prussia
pl:Prussia
ru:Prussia

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