Katyusha

katyusha English thumb Alternative forms en katyusha Katiusha Etymology Borrowed from en ru,uk Катю́ша 1 diminutive of ru Ка́тя Katya, in turn diminutive of ru Екатери́на Katherine, named after Katyusha (song) a popular wartime song. Pronunciation en /kəˈt(j)uːʃə/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Katyusha.wav Southern England en uːʃə 3 Noun en ru,uk Катюша female given name A type of artillery rocket launcher consisting of an array of rockets mounted on a truck, originated in the Soviet Union. en multiple rocket launcher Grad Stalin's organ en 1944 Willy Ley Rockets: The Future of Travel Beyond the Stratosphere Viking Press 77 The Russian Katyusha is a multiple rocket thrower of which nothing is known except what can be seen on released photographs. A type of rocket which can be launched from a Katyusha. en Grad en 1966 Wernher Von Braun; Frederick Ira Ordway History of Rocketry & Space Travel Crowell 88 The development of these projectors was spurred During World War II, the Soviet Union fired Katyusha rockets from the ground or truck mounted racks. The standard Katyushas were 6 feet long, weighed 92.5 pounds, and had a range of 3 miles. 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 rocket launcher Arabic: ar كَاتْيُوشَا f Armenian: hy կատյուշա Belarusian: be кацю́ша f Bulgarian: bg катю́ша f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 喀秋莎 kāqiūshā Dutch: nl Katjoesja f French: fr Katioucha f, fr orgue de Staline m German: de Katjuscha f, de Stalinorgel f Hebrew: he קטיושה f katyúsha Hungarian: hu Katyusa Italian: it katiuscia f, it organo di Stalin m Japanese: ja カチューシャ kachūsha Korean: ko 카추샤, ko 카튜샤 Persian: fa کاتیوشا kâtiyušâ Polish: pl katiusza f Portuguese: pt katyusha f, pt Katyusha f Russian: ru катю́ша f Ukrainian: uk катю́ша f rocket Dutch: nl Katjoesja f Hebrew: he קטיושה f katyúsha, he טיל קטיושה m til katyúsha Hungarian: hu Katyusa Polish: pl katiusza f Russian: ru катю́ша f Ukrainian: uk катю́ша f Further reading Katyusha rocket launcher en Military Russia en eponyms en Artillery Rocketry Soviet Union Weapons Portuguese Proper noun f pt female Russian Noun f pt katyusha