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PRONUNCIATION OF STAROSTA

starosta  [ˈstɑːrɒstə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STAROSTA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Starosta is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES STAROSTA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Starosta

Starost is a title for an official or unofficial position of leadership that has been used in various contexts through most of Slavic history. It can be translated as "senior" or "elder", from the Slavic root star-, "old". The territory administered by a starosta was called starostwo. In the early Middle Ages, the starosta was the head of a Slavic community or several other communities like: church starosta, artel starosta, etc. He also was the master of ceremonies in the traditional Carpatho-Rusyn, Ukrainian, and Polish weddings.

Definition of starosta in the English dictionary

The first definition of starosta in the dictionary is the headman of a Russian village. Other definition of starosta is the chief administrator of a Polish county or region. Starosta is also a Polish nobleman who had official or royal duties. The role of starosta has varied through Poland's history.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH STAROSTA


composter
ˈkɒmpɒstə
costa
ˈkɒstə
coster
ˈkɒstə
defroster
diːˈfrɒstə
foster
ˈfɒstə
Gloucester
ˈɡlɒstə
goster
ˈɡɒstə
hosta
ˈhɒstə
imposter
ɪmˈpɒstə
impostor
ɪmˈpɒstə
paternoster
ˌpætəˈnɒstə
praepostor
priːˈpɒstə
prepostor
priːˈpɒstə
roster
ˈrɒstə
snollygoster
ˈsnɒlɪˌɡɒstə
subcosta
sʌbˈkɒstə
zoster
ˈzɒstə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STAROSTA

starkness
starless
starlet
starlight
starlike
starling
starlit
starmonger
starnie
starnose
starosty
Starr
starred
starrier
starriest
starrily
starriness
starring
starring role
starry

WORDS THAT END LIKE STAROSTA

Aosta
Augusta
barista
basta
Batista
Boa Vista
Buena Vista
cesta
cuesta
fashionista
festa
fiesta
gangsta
pasta
Rasta
siesta
testa
turista
Valle d´Aosta
vista

Synonyms and antonyms of starosta in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «starosta» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STAROSTA

Find out the translation of starosta to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of starosta from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «starosta» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

starosta
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

starosta
570 millions of speakers

English

starosta
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

starosta
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

starosta
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

староста
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

starosta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

starosta
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

starosta
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Starosta
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Starosta
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

starosta
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

starosta
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Starosta
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

starosta
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

starosta
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्टारोस्टा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

staroste
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

starosta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

starosta
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

староста
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

staroste
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Starosta
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

starosta
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

starosta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Starosta
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of starosta

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STAROSTA»

The term «starosta» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.786 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STAROSTA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about starosta

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STAROSTA»

Discover the use of starosta in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to starosta and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Foundations of Intercultural Communication
These features will render the current book uniquely attractive to academics and professionals. At the college level, this book is best used in undergraduate and basic graduate-level intercultural communication courses.
Guo-Ming Chen, William J. Starosta, 2005
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Communication and global society
Communication and Global Society considers continuity and change of identity in the global community, the emergence and impact of global media, and expected directions for interaction in global society.
Guo-Ming Chen, William J. Starosta, 2000
3
The Global Intercultural Communication Reader
Mao, Y.-P., Qian, Y.-X., & Starosta, W. J. (2010). A cross-cultural comparison ofAmerican and overseas Chinese prenatal and postnatal women's online social support behavior in two online message boards. In J.-R. Park & E. Abels (Eds.), ...
Molefi Kete Asante, Yoshitaka Miike, Jing Yin, 2013
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The Handbook of Critical Intercultural Communication
Santiago-Valles, W.F. (2003) Intercultural communication as a social problem in a globalized context: Ethics of praxis research techniques, in Ferment in the Intercultural Field: Axiology/Value/Praxis, (eds W.J. Starosta and G.-M. Chen), Sage, ...
Thomas K. Nakayama, Rona Tamiko Halualani, 2011
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The Negotiation of Cultural Identity: Perceptions of ...
These paradigms are Starosta and Olorunnisola's (Chen and Starosta, 1998) " Third Culture Building" metatheory and Hecht et al.'s (1993) "Communication Theory of Ethnic Identity," respectively. Hecht et al.'s communication theory of ethnic ...
Ronald L. Jackson, 1999
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Grammatical Analysis: Morphology, Syntax, and Semantics ; ...
Morphology, Syntax, and Semantics ; Studies in Honour of Stanley Starosta Videa P. De Guzman, Byron Wilbur Bender, Stanley Starosta. OF SAISIYAT NEGATORS Marie Meili Yeh National Lien Ho Institute of Technology 1. Introduction ...
Videa P. De Guzman, Byron Wilbur Bender, Stanley Starosta, 2000
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Bibliography of Morphology, 1960-1985
Starosta, Stanley 1971b. "Derivation and case in Sora verbs." Indian Linguistics ( Poona) 32:3, 194-206. Starosta, Stanley 1971c. "Some lexical redundancy rules for English nouns." Glossa 5, 167-201. Starosta, Stanley 1973. "The face of case.
Robert Beard, Bogdan Szymanek, 1988
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Concepts of Case
The Xlllth International Congress of Linguists, pp. 47-55. Starosta, Stanley (1971) , "Lexical derivation in a case grammar." University of Hawaii Working Papers in Linguistics 3: 83-101 . Starosta, Stanley (1979a), "The end of phrase structure as  ...
René Dirven, Günter Radden, 1987
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Reconnecting Language: Morphology and Syntax in Functional ...
I will now turn to Starosta's (1988) lexicon-based approach to case. Unlike Halliday and Foley and Van Valin, Starosta recognises two sets of generalised case relations, Agent & Patient and Actor & Undergoer. 3.2. Starosta's generalised case ...
A. M. Simon-Vandenbergen, Kristin Davidse, Dirk Noel, 1997
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Polish Romantic Drama: Three Plays in English Translation
RIGHT SIDE: (In chorus) MEN: What rogues and scoundrels these, alas! What villains, may thunder strike them! SENATOR: (Dancing, to the Governor's Wife) There's the Starosta,* we've not met. He has a pretty wife and daughter, But envious.
Harold B. Segel, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STAROSTA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term starosta is used in the context of the following news items.
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Starosta Prahy 6 podal trestní oznámení kvůli kontaminované vodě
Starosta Prahy 6 Ondřej Kolář podal v úterý trestní oznámení na neznámého pachatele kvůli znečištěné vodě. Na policii se v příštích dnech obrátí také ... «iDNES.cz, Jun 15»
2
Starosta Mariánských Lázní rezignoval
Jen pár měsíců trvala stabilita vedení v Mariánských Lázních, do jehož čela se po komunálních volbách v loňském roce usadil Vojtěch Franta, nestraník zvolený ... «Novinky.cz, May 15»
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Ružinovský starosta Pekár má problém, za chyby bude pykať
Starosta bratislavského Ružinova Dušan Pekár (KDH) prišiel na utorkovom (28.4.) rokovaní ružinovských poslancov o mesačný plat vo výške 3680 eur. Miestne ... «Pluska.sk, Apr 15»
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Starosta ukarał urzędniczkę. Musiała 100 razy napisać jego imię i …
Po tym, jak pomyliła się pisząc urzędnicze pismo, starosta wymierzył karę: 100 razy napisać jego imię i nazwisko. Teraz samorządowiec przeprasza. «TVP, Apr 15»
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Starosta Prahy 4 se prý spojil s těmi, proti nimž roky bojoval …
„Současný starosta a členové Trojkoalice v uplynulých volebních obdobích jako opoziční zastupitelé či jako veřejnost vehementně vystupovali proti jednáním a ... «ParlamentníListy.cz, Mar 15»
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Vrah nejdřív obcházel restaurace, tvrdí starosta Brodu. Sám ho potkal
Jen pár minut před masovou vraždou v Uherském Brodě potkal střelce Zdeňka K. podle svých slov i starosta města Patrik Kunčar. Vybavuje si, že na muže ... «iDNES.cz, Feb 15»
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Starosta Jeruzaléma na ulici přepral Palestince, který pobodal Žida
Starosta Jeruzaléma Nir Barkat zneškodnil palestinského útočníka, který na ulici pobodal ultraortodoxního žida. Když zpozoroval útok blízko jeruzalémské ... «iDNES.cz, Feb 15»
8
Starosta odmítl pohřbít romskou holčičku. Údajně kvůli místu
Jenže podle pohřební služby, která se na žádost rodiny zesnulé obrátila na radnici Champlanu, starosta pohřbení skutečně odmítl, a to bez jakéhokoli vysvětlení ... «Aktuálně.cz, Jan 15»
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Starosta se koupal v pitné vodě pro Brňany: Udělal jsem to schválně!
„Pokutu pochopitelně nelze nezaplatit,“ řekl v sobotu Blesku starosta Stalmach, který už v loňském roce dopisem vedení povodí protestoval, společně s dalšími ... «Blesk.cz, Jan 15»
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Nový starosta Starého Mesta Števčík prevzal úrad
Novozvolený starosta bratislavského Starého Mesta Radoslav Števčík v pondelok prevzal úrad. Slávnostne mu ho na ustanovujúcom zastupiteľstve mestskej ... «Pravda.sk, Dec 14»

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