单词 | russo-american |
释义 | Russo-Americanadj. 1. Of, relating to, or designating the North American territories which were colonies of the Russian Empire, esp. during the 19th cent. In later use chiefly in Russo-American Company. Now historical and rare.The first Russian colony was established in Alaska in 1784; from 1799 until the purchase of Alaska by the United States in 1867, Russian territories in North America were administered by the Russo-American Company, which itself ceased all commercial activity in 1881. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [adjective] > U.S.A. > specific states or regions > others Carolinian1705 Georgian1740 Missourian1761 Alaskian1788 Vermontese1798 Alaskan1807 Michigan1814 Russo-American1814 Illinoian1818 Mississippian1819 Middle Atlantic1826 New Mexican1834 Louisianian1835 Texian1835 Oregonian1850 Texan1852 Nebraskan1853 Tennessean1853 Ozark1856 Dakotan1874 Kansan1894 Ozarkian1906 Tex-Mex1949 Texican1982 1814 tr. G. H. von Langsdorff Voy. & Trav. II. 1 He..determined..to visit the Aleutian Islands and the north-west coast of America..as plenipotentiary of the Russio-American [sic; Ger. Russisch-Amerikanischen] Trading Company. 1856 Gazetteer of World I. 230/1 At the commencement of 1846 all the population of the Russo-American colonies amounted to 7783 souls. 1937 G. Bienstock Struggle for Pacific i. 78 In 1798 the famous Russo-American Company was established on the model of the Dutch and the English colonial companies. 1977 H. Seton-Watson Nations & States v. 195 Russian settlements on the mainland of Alaska were administered by a Russo-American Company under a statute granted by Emperor Paul. 2. Of, belonging to, or involving both Russia (or the former Soviet Union) and the United States of America; of mixed Russian and American origin. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [adjective] > by country of origin African1722 American1761 Low Dutch1774 Pennsylvania Dutch1792 Anglo-American1797 Irish-American1820 Africo-American1825 American African1826 Afro-American1831 Polish-American1850 Chinese-American1854 Italian–American1854 Russo-American1878 African American1885 Senegambian1911 Afrikan1929 Mexican-American1948 Asian American1950 Amerasian1965 Chicano1966 Anglo1968 Tejano1978 1878 Times 10 May 4/2 Speaking abstractly, we may say that it has lessened the chances of a Russo-American alliance. 1928 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 138 109 The chief obstacle to Russo-American rapprochement is not so much a question of debts. 1977 Gramophone June 56/3 A Russo-American concerto which I haven't heard him play before. 2007 H. Feingold Silent no more i. 11 The influential role of corporations and agricultural interests involved in Russo-American trade in balancing the Jewish interest is instructive. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1814 |
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