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matrioshka

matrioshka is the alternative spelling of matryoshka.

Meaning of matryoshka

Noun

matryoshka (plural matryoshkas or matryoshki)

  1. One of a set of wooden Russian dolls of different sizes, designed such that each fits inside the next.
    • The past is not only a foreign country that we half knew existed; it is hiding another concealed country behind it, and behind that one, another, and another – like a set of Russian matryoshki, in which larger dolls conceal smaller.2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, page 35

Forms of matrioshka

pluralmatrioshkas
pluralmatrioshki

Phrases with matrioshka

Questions about matrioshka

What is matrioshka the alternative spelling of?
Matrioshka is the alternative spelling of matryoshka.

Words near matrioshka in the dictionary

  1. matrimony
  2. matrimony vine
  3. matrimony vines
  4. matrin
  5. matrine
  6. matrioshka
  7. Matrioshka brain
  8. Matrioshka brains
  9. matrioshka doll
  10. matrioshka dolls
  11. matrioshkas

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