Etymology

stanitsa

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Today it means: A Cossack village. Full definition →

Russian стани́ца ← Old East Slavic станъ
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  1. Old East Slavic · derived fromстанъ
  2. Russian · borrowed fromстани́ца
  3. English todaystanitsa

From Russian стани́ца (staníca), a cognate with a word for station in many Slavic languages, ultimately from Old East Slavic станъ (stanŭ).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.