rossiyanEtymologyFrom Rossiya + -an. Compare Russian росси́йский (rossíjskij), россия́нин (rossijánin). Piecewise doublet of Russian.rossiyan means synonym of Russian (“of or pertaining to Russia”). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 98 out of 100.adjSynonym of Russian (“of or pertaining to Russia”).“Again, conventional wisdom - made up by Russians and Western "experts" (who typically know Russian, but almost never know Ukrainian) - does make such a linguistic classification into West and East. Does it make sense? Let's compare the "Ukrainian nationalist" and the "Rossiyan nationalist" views of history.”nounSynonym of Russian (“inhabitant of Russia”).“Lena, my relatives perhpas share his oppinion but... I mean North Caucasians, Rossiyans who are part of Russian federation (also happen to be muslims too)... I think some new level of tollerance should be astablished based on new ideas otherwise "po zakonu prirody" they will go in one way or another.”