отечественный

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Russian

Etymology

оте́чество (otéčestvo, fatherland) +‎ -енный (-ennyj)

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Adjective

оте́чественный (otéčestvennyj)

  1. native, home
    оте́чественная литерату́раotéčestvennaja literatúranational/domestic (as opposed to foreign) literature
    оте́чественные това́рыotéčestvennyje továrydomestic products
  2. patriotic
    Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́Velíkaja Otéčestvennaja vojnáGreat Patriotic War (World War II, Soviet resistance and counteroffensives against the Nazi German invasion of Russia)
    Оте́чественная война́ 1812 го́даOtéčestvennaja vojná 1812 gódaPatriotic War of 1812 (Russian resistance against the French invasion)

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