khrushchevka

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noun

A kind of low-cost apartment building constructed in the Soviet Union since the early 1960s.

OriginRussian хрущёвка →
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Meanings

nounkhrushchevka (plural khrushchevkas or khrushchevki)

plural khrushchevkas · plural khrushchevki

  1. A kind of low-cost apartment building constructed in the Soviet Union since the early 1960s.
  2. An individual apartment in such a building.

Origin

  1. Russianхрущёвка
  2. Englishkhrushchevka

Borrowed from Russian хрущёвка (xruščóvka), named after Nikita Khrushchev, former leader of the Soviet Union.

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Translations

Bulgarian хрушчо́вка
  • хрушчо́вка (hruščóvka)Translations
Chinese Mandarin 赫魯曉夫樓 /赫鲁晓夫楼
  • 赫魯曉夫樓 /赫鲁晓夫楼Translations
Estonian hruštšovka
  • hruštšovkaTranslations
French khrouchtchevka, khrouchtchiovka
  • khrouchtchevkaTranslations
  • khrouchtchiovkaTranslations
  • khrouchtchobaTranslations
Russian хрущёвка, хрущоба
  • хрущёвка (xruščóvka)Translations
  • хрущоба (xruščoba)Translations
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APA

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Chicago

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