: a Russian country cottage used especially in the summer
Examples of dacha in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebPutin could then be forced to retire, like Khrushchev, to a dacha in the countryside.—Scott D. Sagan, Foreign Affairs, 16 Mar. 2022 Then, without warning, a delegation of Kremlin hard-liners from the military and the K.G.B. arrived at the door of his dacha, having cut off his phones.—Marilyn Berger, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2022 Yevgeny, 24, quit his job as a mechanic and is hiding at a relative’s dacha far from Moscow.—Natalia Abbakumova, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2022 Stalin was encouraging but noncommittal, parking Mao in a dacha outside Moscow while hard bargaining dragged on for weeks.—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2022 See all Example Sentences for dacha
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Word History
Etymology
Russian, from Old Russian, land allotted by a prince; akin to Latin dos dowry — more at date
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