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stanitsa

noun
sta·​nit·​sa
variants: or less commonly stanitza \ stəˈnitsə \
plural -s

Definition of stanitsa

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

History and Etymology for stanitsa

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

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