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  • noun Plural form of datcha.

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Examples

  • The gay color of the building, as of most of the _datchas_, or country-villas, in Russia, makes a curious impression upon the stranger.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 Various

  • Ghilendzhik is a collection of datchas (country-houses) and Caucasian dwelling-places.

    A Tramp's Sketches Stephen Graham 1929

  • Among the amusements at the _datchas_, -- the wooden country houses, -- in the wilder recesses of the vast parks which studded both shores, the chase after wild animals, and from bandits, played a prominent part.

    Russian Rambles Isabel Florence Hapgood 1889

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