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zemlyanka

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /zɛmliˈɑŋkə/

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noun

Meaning 1

dugout, earth-house (shelter or dwelling, especially in some Slavic countries)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian земля́нка (zemljánka).

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: зямля́нка (zjamljánka) — earth-house
  • Bulgarian: земля́нка (zemljánka) — earth-house
  • Czech: zemljanka — earth-house
  • Czech: zemnice — earth-house
  • Hebrew: זמליאנקה (zemlyánka) — earth-house
  • Latvian: zemnīca — earth-house
  • Lithuanian: žeminė — earth-house
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: jordhus — earth-house
  • Polish: ziemianka — earth-house
  • Russian: земля́нка (zemljánka) — earth-house
  • Serbo-Croatian: зему̀ница — earth-house
  • Serbo-Croatian: zemùnica — earth-house
  • Slovak: zemľanka — earth-house
  • Slovak: zemnica — earth-house
  • Slovene: zemljanka — earth-house
  • Ukrainian: земля́нка (zemljánka) — earth-house
  • Uzbek: zemlyanka — earth-house
  • Votic: zemlʹänka — earth-house