| 单词 | russian america |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRussian America Russian America n. now historical (a name for) the Russian colonial possessions in the Americas (chiefly in the present State of Alaska), prior to their purchase from Russia by the United States in 1867. ΚΠ 1811 J. Black tr. A. von Humboldt Polit. Ess. New Spain II. 386 The new denominations of Russian America, or Russian possessions in the new continent, ought not to induce us to believe that the coast of the basin of Bering, the peninsula Alaska, or the country of the Tschugatschi, have become Russian provinces. 1861 W. H. Brewer Let. 29 Sept. in Up & down Calif. (2003) 192 A kind of soft coal known as ‘brown coal’ and ‘Tertiary coal’ is found, especially up in Russian America. 1911 N. Amer. Rev. Mar. 389 The Russian Fur Company..monopolized the trade in Russian America, our Alaska since 1867. 2001 D. M. Pletcher Diplomacy of Involvement i. 24 If delayed, he was to purchase furs in Russian America or coffee at Batavia in the East Indies. < as lemmas |
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