dacha

Or dat·cha

[dah-chuh]

noun

1. a Russian country house or villa.

dacha

/ ˈdætʃə /

noun

1. a country house or cottage in Russia

Word History and Origins

Origin of dacha¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; from Russian dácha, originally, “allotment of land”; cognate with Serbo-Croatian dȁća, Slovenian dáča “tribute,” from unattested Slavic datja; akin to Latin dōs, stem dōt- “marriage portion”; dowry, dot ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of dacha¹

from Russian: a giving, gift

Example Sentences

Ragoravich’s dacha is a “garish and almost grotesque” palace clad in marble that makes Maggie think of Versailles, but in a way that makes Versailles seem dumpy.

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Artist Yuri Annenkov, summoned to do his portrait at the dacha where he was convalescing, said he had “the helpless, twisted, infantile smile of a man who had fallen into childhood.”

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Reimpounding the reservoir could entice residents back to abandoned homes, weekend dachas, and fishing boats along the former shoreline.

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The idea of repurposing wartime detritus for his art came to Reva last year after his dacha — the Russian word for a simple summer home in the countryside — was damaged in a Russian missile strike.

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Foros, another resort town near Sevastopol, held the state dachas of Soviet leaders.

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