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izba

or ¾±²õ·²ú²¹

[ iz-bah ]

noun

  1. the traditional log house of rural Russia, with an unheated entrance room and a single living and sleeping room heated by a clay or brick stove.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of izba1

1775–85; < Russian ¾±³ú²úá (diminutive ¾±²õ³Ùó±è°ì²¹ ), Old Russian ¾±²õ³ÙÅ­²ú²¹ house, bath, cognate with Serbo-Croatian ì³ú²ú²¹ small room, shack, Czech jizba room, Old Czech jistba, jizdba, all < Slavic *ÂáÄ­²õ³ÙÅ­²ú²¹ ≪ Vulgar Latin *±ð³æ³ÙÅ«´Ú²¹, with short u perhaps < Germanic *stuba; stove 1
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The impoverished neighborhood of Izba is one sign of how constant wars have shaped Khartoum.

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Before the 1989 coup that brought al-Bashir to power, Izba was a small community of Arab tribesmen who settled on the capital's edge.

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Here are six trends in the wine industry that are taking off this spring: The Wine Expo saw a strong subset of exhibitors from Eastern Europe and the Middle East, such as Bulgaria’s Izba Karabunar , Lebanon’s Ixsir and Greece’s Chatzivaritis, who aim to capitalize on increasing consumer interest in discovering wines that are new to the American market.

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The peasant, transported from Taganrog to Petropavlosk, finds there Russian peasants like himself; between him and them there can be mutual intelligence; in an hour they will be friends, and live comfortably together in the same izba or the same barrack.

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Icons may still be seen without concealment in many a peasant izba, even in the collective farms.

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