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khrushchevka

khrushchevka noun: a kind of low-cost apartment building constructed in the Soviet Union since the early 1960s.

khrushchevka: a kind of low-cost apartment building constructed in the Soviet Union since the early 1960s
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Noun

khrushchevka (plural khrushchevkas or khrushchevki)

  1. A kind of low-cost apartment building constructed in the Soviet Union since the early 1960s.
  2. An individual apartment in such a building.

Forms of khrushchevka

pluralkhrushchevkas
pluralkhrushchevki

Origin of khrushchevka

Borrowed from Russian хрущёвка (xruščóvka), named after Nikita Khrushchev, former leader of the Soviet Union.

Questions about khrushchevka

What does khrushchevka mean?
Khrushchevka means a kind of low-cost apartment building constructed in the Soviet Union since the early 1960s.
What part of speech is khrushchevka?
Khrushchevka is a noun.
What is the plural of khrushchevka?
The plural of khrushchevka is khrushchevkas.

Words near khrushchevka in the dictionary

  1. Khrushchev
  2. Khrushchevian
  3. Khrushchevism
  4. Khrushchevite
  5. Khrushchevites
  6. khrushchevka
  7. khrushchevkas
  8. Khrushchov
  9. Khrushchyov
  10. Khrustalnyi
  11. Khrysaor

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