# Novorossiya

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. An area north of the Black Sea which was conquered by the Russian Empire at the end of the 18th century, located in present-day Ukraine.
2. A proposed confederation of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic, breakaway states involved in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war.

## Etymology
From Russian Новоро́ссия (Novoróssija, literally “New Russia”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/novorossiya