The Clue
A Triple Entente land (6 letter answer)
The Answer
RUSSIA
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Notes
The answer RUSSIA is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1000 puzzles.
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Definition
RUSSIA as a noun:
1. (Soviet Union, Russia, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, USSR) = a former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia; established in 1922; included Russia and 14 other soviet socialist republics (Ukraine and Byelorussia and others); officially dissolved 31 December 1991
2. (Soviet Russia, Russia, Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic) = formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
3. a former empire in eastern Europe and northern Asia created in the 14th century with Moscow as the capital; powerful in the 17th and 18th centuries under Peter the Great and Catherine the Great when Saint Petersburg was the capital; overthrown by revolution in 1917
4. (Russia, Russian Federation) = a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state