English Explanatory Dictionary

sloboda

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of settlement, village, or suburb in the history of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.
name
  1. A surname from Slovak.

Word forms

sloboda slobodas slobody

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian слобода́ (slobodá), which is related to a common Slavic word for “freedom”, in reference to such settlements' initial freedom from taxes and forced labor duties.

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