English Explanatory Dictionary

stanitsa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Cossack village.

Word forms

stanitsa stanitsas stanitsi stanitsy

Etymology

From Russian стани́ца (staníca), a cognate with a word for station in many Slavic languages, ultimately from Old East Slavic станъ (stanŭ).

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