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stolovaya

stolovaya noun: a basic, utilitarian cafeteria in Soviet Russia.

Noun

stolovaya (plural stolovayas)

  1. A basic, utilitarian cafeteria in Soviet Russia.
    • In the largely intact stolovaya, or canteen, the kitchens had rusting cookers.2007 August 26, Alison Smale, “‘We All Live in a Red Submarine ...’”, in New York Times

Forms of stolovaya

pluralstolovayas

Origin of stolovaya

Borrowed from Russian столовая (stolovaja).

Questions about stolovaya

What does stolovaya mean?
Stolovaya means a basic, utilitarian cafeteria in Soviet Russia.
What part of speech is stolovaya?
Stolovaya is a noun.
What is the plural of stolovaya?
The plural of stolovaya is stolovayas.

Words near stolovaya in the dictionary

  1. stoloniferous
  2. stoloniferously
  3. stoloniform
  4. stolonlike
  5. stolons
  6. stolovaya
  7. stolovayas
  8. Stolp
  9. stolperstein
  10. stolpersteine
  11. stolpersteins

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