Meaning & use
Dacha
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A Russian country house or cottage, typically used as a seasonal or weekend retreat outside a city.
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The family spent every summer weekend at their dacha, growing vegetables in the garden.
Many Soviet-era dachas were modest wooden cabins with small plots of land.
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Borrowed directly from Russian; dachas have long played an important social and cultural role in Russian life, especially for growing food.
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