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Sotnia

Sotnia or sotnya ( Ukrainian and , ) is a military term of Slavic origin. The word means a hundred and approximately equivalent to company.

A smaller unit, half-sotnia, is also known.

Usage examples of "sotnia".

The rest in a melancholy group were herded into the porch of the town-hall, a sotnia of Cossacks keeping guard over them.