Sotnia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sotnia is a noun meaning (now historical) A Russian or Ukrainian army unit of about a hundred soldiers, chiefly with reference to Cossacks.
Meaning
(now historical) 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 […]
Word Forms
- sotnias
- sotnya
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include soldieress, sowkin, sagene, sovvy, stiob, soosey.
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