высота

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See also: вꙑсота

Russian

Etymology

From высь (vysʹ) +‎ -ота́ (-otá).

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Noun

высота́ (vysotáf inan (genitive высоты́, nominative plural высо́ты, genitive plural высо́т)

  1. height (distance from bottom to top)
    Synonym: вышина́ (vyšiná)
  2. altitude, elevation
  3. height (an area of high altitude)
  4. (military) hill, peak
    • 1942, Б. Л. Горбатов, Горы и люди:
      Это бои́ за высо́ты, за ска́ты и гре́бни, за ка́ждый ка́мень на переваа́е, за ка́ждую прое́зжую тропу́.
      Eto boí za vysóty, za skáty i grébni, za káždyj kámenʹ na perevaáje, za kážduju projézžuju tropú.
      It's battles for the peaks, for the slopes and the ridges, for every rock on a mountain pass, for every footpath that a wheeled vehicle can traverse.
    • 1952, Михаил Бубеннов, Белая береза:
      «Осо́бо отмеча́ю, ― писа́л команда́рм О́зерову, ― ва́шу сме́лую инициати́ву в боя́х за высоту́ 264,3».
      «Osóbo otmečáju, ― pisál komandárm Ózerovu, ― vášu sméluju iniciatívu v bojáx za vysotú 264,3».
      “I want to especially make note,” the army commander wrote to Ozerov, “of your brave initiative in the battles for hill 264.3”.

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