землянка

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Russian

 землянка on Russian Wikipedia
землянка (zemlyanka)

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Etymology 1

земляно́й (zemljanój) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Noun

земля́нка (zemljánkaf inan (genitive земля́нки, nominative plural земля́нки, genitive plural земля́нок)

  1. dugout, earth-house, (mud) hut, zemlyanka
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Etymology 2

земля́н(ин) (zemlján(in)) +‎ -ка (-ka)

Noun

земля́нка (zemljánkaf anim (genitive земля́нки, nominative plural земля́нки, genitive plural земля́нок, masculine земля́нин)

  1. a female Earthling (a woman or girl from Earth)
    Synonym: (neologism, science fiction) терра́нка (terránka)
    • 1991, Олег Кири́ллов (Oleg Kiríllov), “Веретёнце (Veretjónce)”, in Трамва́й (Tramváj):
      Не инопланетя́нка и не земля́нка ― так, в о́бщем, не поймёшь что!
      Ne inoplanetjánka i ne zemljánka ― tak, v óbščem, ne pojmjóšʹ što!
      You are not an alien and you are not an Earthling, so in short, we don't know what sort of thing you are!
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