dacha

See also: dācha

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian да́ча (dáča), from дать (datʹ, to give).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdætʃə/
  • Rhymes: -ætʃə

Noun

dacha (plural dachas)

  1. A Russian villa or summer house in the countryside.
    • 2005 December 5, David Holley, “Ebb and Flow on the Volga”, in Los Angeles Times:
      The villages and holiday dacha settlements that hug the river reflect the divisions that have emerged here: Scattered amid the rundown houses of poor farmers and the modest weekend cottages of factory and office workers are the luxury getaways of those few who have made it big in the new world of “Wild East” capitalism.

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Portuguese

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Noun

dacha f (plural dachas)

  1. dacha (a Russian villa, or summer house, in the countryside)

Spanish

Noun

dacha f (plural dachas)

  1. dacha
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