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versta

versta is the alternative form of verst.

Meaning of verst

Noun

verst (plural versts)

  1. A Russian unit of length, equivalent to about 1.07 kilometres or about ²⁄₃ of a mile.
    • |The hill Pulkowa, twelve miles (seventeen wersts) south of Admiralty Palace in St. Petersburg, […]1849, "The Observatory at Pulkowa" The North American Review Volume 0069 Issue 144 (July 1849)

Forms of versta

pluralverstas
pluralversty

Questions about versta

What is versta the alternative form of?
Versta is the alternative form of verst.

Words near versta in the dictionary

  1. versor
  2. versors
  3. versos
  4. verspecies
  5. verst
  6. versta
  7. Verstappen
  8. verstas
  9. verste
  10. Versteeg
  11. Versteegs

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