noun

dacha

DAH-chuh/ˈdɑːtʃə/

A Russian country cottage used as a seasonal vacation home.

Her family spends every summer at their dacha outside Moscow.

A modest Russian wooden dacha with carved window trim and a small veranda, beside a productive garden and birch trees.

Etymology

dachaRussiancountry house; originally a gift of land

Russian dacha originally meant a gift of land. The name thus links the summer country house with land given to someone, rather than with a particular building style.

In context

Dwarkesh Patel29:24

he lived and he kept his dacha.

Sarah C. M. Paine — Why dictators keep making the same fatal mistake

More examples

We grow tomatoes in the garden at our dacha.
Many families leave Moscow for their dachas on summer weekends.
They close up the dacha before winter arrives.

Forms

dacha · dachas

Similar words

cottage: A small house, not necessarily Russian or used seasonally.
cabin: Emphasizes simple, often wooden construction rather than Russian vacation use.