matryoshka

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Pronunciation

/ˌmætɹɪˈɒʃkə/ (UK)

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/ˌmætɹɪˈɒʃkə/ (UK) · /ˌmɑtɹiˈoʊʃkə/ (US)

Definition of matryoshka

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noun

One of a set of wooden Russian dolls of different sizes, designed such that each fits inside the next.

“The past is not only a foreign country that we half knew existed; it is hiding another concealed country behind it, and behind that one, another, and another – like a set of Russian matryoshki, in which larger dolls conceal smaller.”

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From Russian матрёшка (matrjóška), from personal name Матрёна (Matrjóna), formerly Матрона (Matrona), ultimately from Latin mātrōna (“matron”).

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