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‖ sotnia Now Hist.|ˈsɒtnɪə| [Russ. sotnya hundred, f. sot-, related to Skr. śatam, L. centum, etc.] A squadron of Cossack cavalry.
1863Kinglake Crimea II. 212 He had..a brigade of regular cavalry, and nine sotnias of Cossacks. 1878N. Amer. Rev. CXXVI. 150 On the 11th a party of Cossacks reached Pescherna..; one sotnia turned northward. |