English Explanatory Dictionary

Volhynia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A geographic region of Eastern Europe, now divided between southeastern Poland, northwestern Ukraine, and southwestern Belarus.
  2. A former voivodeship of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, established in 1566, disestablished in 1795.
  3. A former governorate of the Russian Empire, the Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukrainian State and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, established in 1795, disestablished in 1925. Seat: Zhytomyr.

Pronunciation

/voʊˈlɪniə/

Word forms

Volhynia Volynia Wolhynia

Etymology

From Latin Volhynia.

Synonyms

Lodomeria Volyn

Derived words

Volhynian volhynite
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