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dacha

da·cha [ ˈdä-chə]

dacha

noun

[ˈdä-chə]

Definition of dacha

: a Russian country cottage used especially in the summer

Recent Examples on the Web

//The invasion was launched, and Stalin soon retreated to his dacha in shock.
— Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, "Are Spies More Trouble Than They’re Worth?," 26 Aug. 2019
//Those who are not already on holiday flock to their dachas in the countryside.
— The Economist, "Moscow’s protests are inspired by the thuggery of the Kremlin," 25 July 2019
//Something for Senator Sanders to contemplate in his waterfront dacha.
— Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, "The Democrats Are the Socialist Party Again," 20 June 2019
//Accompanying their husbands, the ladies attended a dinner table conference at Khrushchev’s dacha, or country house.
— Djurdja Bartlett, Smithsonian, "When the United States and Soviet Union Fought It Out Over Fashion," 4 June 2019
//At the behest of the couple and their interior-designer friend Jacques Grange, French cabinetmaker Pierre Poulain built the cottage in the late 1980s in the style of a Russian country house, or dacha.
— Tim Gavan, WSJ, "Yves Saint Laurent’s Unapologetically Luxurious Cabin in the Woods," 7 Sep. 2018
//On occasion, Beria would have drinks at Stalin’s dacha.
— Jonathan W. Jordan, WSJ, "‘The Kremlin Letters’ and ‘The Allies’ Review: The View From the Summit," 30 Nov. 2018
//The folksy exterior of Yves Saint Laurent’s dacha belies the opulence found inside.
— Tim Gavan, WSJ, "Yves Saint Laurent’s Unapologetically Luxurious Cabin in the Woods," 7 Sep. 2018
//The elder Shamalov helped co-found the Ozero cooperative, an elite dacha community that includes Putin as a member.
— Nathan Hodge, CNN, "The Russia sanctions list: Who's on the new US blacklist," 6 Apr. 2018

First Known Use of dacha

1896, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for dacha

Russian, from Old Russian, land allotted by a prince; akin to Latin dos dowry — more at date

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