This is the 336th most frequent Italian word.
russia
"Russia" in Italian refers to the country "Russia" in English.
Here, 'Russia' is used as a proper noun referring to the nation.
La Russia è un paese molto vasto.
Russia is a very vast country.
In this instance, 'russia' is an adjective describing a reddish-brown color.
Ho trovato una bella stoffa di colore russia.
I found a beautiful russet-colored fabric.
Here, 'russia' is used as an adjective for the color russet in describing leaves.