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sotnia

sotnia noun: a Russian or Ukrainian army unit of about a hundred soldiers, chiefly with reference to Cossacks.

Noun

sotnia (plural sotnias)

  1. (historical) A Russian or Ukrainian army unit of about a hundred soldiers, chiefly with reference to Cossacks.
    • On March 27 Mischtschenko marched from Koksan to Chonju, with 2 sotnias out of the 6 as advance guard.1908, Reconnaissance in the Russo-Japanese War, page 33
    • In the wide plains that lay between the border forests of Russia and Austria, sotnias of Cossacks galloped about, uniformed winds in military order, mounted on the short, nippy horses of their native steppes […]2002, Josepth Roth, translated by Michael Hofmann, The Radetsky March, Folio Society, published 2015, page 134

Forms of sotnia

pluralsotnias
alternative formsotnya

Origin of sotnia

From Russian сотня (sotnja, “hundred”).

Questions about sotnia

What does sotnia mean?
Sotnia means a Russian or Ukrainian army unit of about a hundred soldiers, chiefly with reference to Cossacks.
What part of speech is sotnia?
Sotnia is a noun.
What is the plural of sotnia?
The plural of sotnia is sotnias.

Words near sotnia in the dictionary

  1. Sotiris
  2. Sotk
  3. Sotkamo
  4. SOTM
  5. SOTN
  6. sotnia
  7. sotnias
  8. sotnik
  9. sotniks
  10. sotnya
  11. sotnyas

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