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stanitsa

stanitsa noun: a Cossack village.

Noun

stanitsa (plural stanitsas or stanitsi or stanitsy)

  1. A Cossack village.

Forms of stanitsa

pluralstanitsas
pluralstanitsi
pluralstanitsy

Origin of stanitsa

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

Questions about stanitsa

What does stanitsa mean?
Stanitsa means a Cossack village.
What part of speech is stanitsa?
Stanitsa is a noun.
What is the plural of stanitsa?
The plural of stanitsa is stanitsas.

Words near stanitsa in the dictionary

  1. Stanislawskis
  2. Stanistan
  3. Stanistreet
  4. Staniszewski
  5. Staniszewskis
  6. stanitsa
  7. stanitsas
  8. stanitsi
  9. stanitsy
  10. stank
  11. stank a buzzard off a gut wagon

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