Rūhia
1. (loan) (location) Russia, USSR - a country in northern Asia and eastern Europe.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 70, 155;)
I tērā tau i mātakitaki tātau ki te ānga haeretanga a Tiamani i a Rūhia, me te mea nā anō kua pēpē te mana o Rūhia (TKO 15/8/1916:8). / Last year we watched Germany drive away Russia and it would seem the mana of Russia has been crushed.
2. (loan) (modifier) Russian.
Ngā herehere Rūhia kei Tiapani, 10 tianara, 70 kānara me ngā meiha (TP 5/1905:6). / The Russian prisoners in Japan include 10 generals, 70 colonels and majors.
3. (loan) (noun) Russian.
Ko te tangata nei he Rūhia, kāore e mōhio ki te reo Wīwī (TJ 2/8/1898:2). / This man was a Russian who didn’t know the French language.
Whinarana
1. (loan) (location) Finland - a country on the Baltic Sea, between Sweden and Russia.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 70;)
See also Whinirana
Haipīria
1. (loan) (location) Siberia - a vast region of Russia, extending from the Urals to the Pacific and from the Arctic coast to the northern borders of Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China.
E kore e taea e tātou te whai te kūaka kia mōhio ai tātou ki te kāinga e haeretia nei otirā kua kitea e ētahi tangata rere ai ki Rūhia, arā ki Haipīria (TP 12/1901:8). / We are not able to follow the godwits to find out the place they go to but they have been seen by some people flying to Russia, that is, to Siberia.
Paratipotoka
1. (loan) (location) Vladivostok - a city in the extreme south-east of Russia, on the coast of the Sea of Japan.
E rua ngā wāhanga o te taua manuao a Rūhia, kei Pōta Āta tētahi, te wāhanga nui, kei Paratipotoka tētahi (TP 3/1904:6). / The Russian fleet is in two parts, one, the larger part, at Port Arthur, the other at Vladivostok.
