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Russian

Etymology

за- (za-) +‎ ко- (ko-) +‎ у́лица (úlica) +‎ -ок (-ok). Akin to Russian зау́лок (zaúlok), Polish zaułek, and with another prefix to Russian переу́лок (pereúlok).

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Noun

закоу́лок (zakoúlokm inan (genitive закоу́лка, nominative plural закоу́лки, genitive plural закоу́лков, diminutive закоу́лочек)

  1. alleyway, (narrow) lane; nook; backstreet
    • 1883, Всеволод Гаршин, chapter II, in Красный цветок; English translation from A Red Flower, Philadelphia: Brown Brothers, 1911:
      Открытое окно с железными решётками выходило в маленький закоулок между большими зданиями и каменной оградой; в этот закоулок никто никогда не заходил, и он весь густо зарос каким-то диким кустарником и сиренью, пышно цветшею в то время года…
      Otkrytoje okno s železnymi rešótkami vyxodilo v malenʹkij zakoulok meždu bolʹšimi zdanijami i kamennoj ogradoj; v etot zakoulok nikto nikogda ne zaxodil, i on vesʹ gusto zaros kakim-to dikim kustarnikom i sirenʹju, pyšno cvetšeju v to vremja goda…
      An open window with iron bars faced a little lane between the large buildings and a stone inclosure. No one ever entered this lane, which was thickly overgrown with wild bushes and weeds, magnificently blooming at that time of the year. . . .

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