Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sotnia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sot-nia
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Russian or Ukrainian army unit of about a hundred soldiers, chiefly with reference to Cossacks.

Example Sentences

"On March 27 Mischtschenko marched from Koksan to Chonju, with 2 sotnias out of the 6 as advance guard."
"In the wide plains that lay between the border forests of Russia and Austria, sotnias of Cossacks galloped about, uniformed winds in military order, mounted on the short, nippy horses of their native steppes […]"

Etymology

From Russian сотня (sotnja, “hundred”).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: сотня

Inflected Forms

sotnias (plural) sotnya (alternative)

Questions

What does sotnia mean?: A Russian or Ukrainian army unit of about a hundred soldiers, chiefly with reference to Cossacks.
Where does sotnia come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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