raion
English
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 райо́н (rajón).
Noun
raion (plural raions)
- 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.
- 2000, Roman Szporluk, Russia, Ukraine, and the Breakup of the Soviet Union, Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, p 119:
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.
Translations
Ladin
Alternative forms
Romanian
Declension
declension of raion
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) raion | raionul | (niște) raioane | raioanele |
genitive/dative | (unui) raion | raionului | (unor) raioane | raioanelor |
vocative | raionule | raioanelor |
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