dacha

or dat·cha

[ dah-chuh ]

/ ˈdɑ tʃə /

noun

a Russian country house or villa.

Origin of dacha

1895–1900; < Russian dácha, orig., allotment of land; cognate with Serbo-Croatian dȁća, Slovene dáča tribute < Slavic *datja; akin to Latin dōs, stem dōt- dowry, dot²

Words nearby dacha

dabster, daca, dacarbazine, dacca, dace, dacha, dachau, dachshund, daché, dacia, dacite

Example sentences from the Web for dacha

Kennan put her up in his version of a Russian dacha in a town in Pennsylvania called, of all things, East Berlin.

George Kennan by John Lewis Gaddis: A Review |Jacob Heilbrunn |December 9, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
None at all when the dacha wasn't in use for a conference or to hide someone on the lam from the KGB.

Revolution |Dallas McCord Reynolds
But King Dacha was so furiously enraged, he could neither stay in his kraal nor allow Isaaco to take leave.

The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 |Various
The bus took him to within a mile and a half of the dacha, and he walked from there.

Revolution |Dallas McCord Reynolds

In fact, the dacha became the meeting center of the Russian underground with their liaison agent from the West.

Revolution |Dallas McCord Reynolds
He must have been a dacha smoker, for he coughed hideously, twisting his body with the paroxysms.

Prester John |John Buchan

British Dictionary definitions for dacha

dacha

datcha

/ (ˈdætʃə) /

noun

a country house or cottage in Russia

Word Origin for dacha

from Russian: a giving, gift

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datcha

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datcha

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