Rus (disambiguation)
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The word Rus (Русь in the Cyrillic Alphabet, transliterated Rus’) may refer to:
- the Rus', a people of disputed origin, who were at the roots of the statehood of Eastern Slavic peoples;
- the lands of the Rus', also known by the Latinized name Ruthenia;
- Kievan Rus', the most powerful of early Eastern Slavic states;
- Rus, brother of Lech and Czech, the legendary founder of Russia;
- RUS is the ISO 639-2 code of Russian language.
See also: Etymology of Rus and derivatives.
Other, unrelated meanings include:
- the Danish spelling of russ, a Scandinavian cultural phenomenon associated with graduation from high school.
- the Ashkenazi Yiddish pronunciation and transliteration for the Hebrew name Ruth.