Katyusha

== English == === Alternative forms === katyusha, Katiusha === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian and Ukrainian Катю́ша (Katjúša) diminutive of Ка́тя (Kátja, “Katya”), in turn diminutive of Екатери́на (Jekaterína, “Katherine”), named after a popular wartime song. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /kəˈt(j)uːʃə/ Rhymes: -uːʃə === Noun === Katyusha (plural Katyushas) A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian female given name Катюша (Katjuša) A type of artillery rocket launcher consisting of an array of rockets mounted on a truck, originated in the Soviet Union. Synonyms: multiple rocket launcher, Grad, Stalin's organ A type of rocket which can be launched from a Katyusha. Synonym: Grad 1970, Muʼassasat al-Dirāsāt al-Filasṭīnīyah, The Arabs under Israeli occupation, Beirut: Institute for Palestine Studies, p 24: A curfew was clamped down on December 21 upon the Arab village of Battir, south of Jerusalem, near where security forces on December 20 found the rocket launchers from which two Katyushas were earlier fired into a Jerusalem residential area. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Katyusha rocket launcher on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Portuguese == === Proper noun === Katyusha f a female given name from Russian === Noun === Katyusha f (plural Katyushas) alternative letter-case form of katyusha