ALL meanings of ruthenia
Ru·the·ni·a
R r - noun ruthenia a former province in E Czechoslovakia. 1
- noun ruthenia a region of E Europe on the south side of the Carpathian Mountains: belonged to Hungary from the 14th century, to Czechoslovakia from 1918 to 1939, and was ceded to the former Soviet Union in 1945; in 1991 it became part of the newly independent Ukraine 0
- noun ruthenia region in W Ukraine, a former province of Czechoslovakia 0