stanitsa

noun

sta·​nit·​sa

variants or less commonly stanitza

stəˈnitsə

plural -s

: a village or administrative district in the Cossack regions of Russia

Word History

Etymology

Russian stanitsa, diminutive of stan station, police district; akin to Sanskrit sthāna station, locality, district, tiṣṭhati he stands

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