Noun

1. a Russian villa, or summer house, in the countryside

   quotations:

   • “The villages and holiday dacha settlements that hug the river reflect the divisions that have emerged here: Scattered amid the rundown houses of poor farmers and the modest weekend cottages of factory and office workers are the luxury getaways of those few who have made it big in the new world of “Wild East” capitalism.” — Los Angeles Times, December 5, 2005