raion

English

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Etymology

From Russian райо́н (rajón), archaic райо́нъ (rajón), from French rayon (“honeycomb, department”). More recently influenced by the same name used in other post-Soviet states. Compare Ukrainian район (rajón).

Noun

raion (plural raions)

  1. An administrative unit of some Eastern European and Asian states.
    • 2000, Roman Szporluk, Russia, Ukraine, and the Breakup of the Soviet Union, Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, p 119:
      Suffice it to mention that several thousand raion papers were replaced by “territorial administrations” organs, and that all transport papers were closed.

Usage notes

The term describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city and is almost always translated as "district". A raion is usually an entity two steps below the national level.

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Japanese

Romanization

raion

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ライオン
  2. Rōmaji transcription of らいおん

Ladin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin regio, regionem.

Noun

raion m (plural raions)

  1. region

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian район (rajon).

Noun

raion n (plural raioane)

  1. raion (administrative unit)

Declension

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