microraion
/ˌmaɪkɹoʊˌɹaɪˈjɔn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A residential complex in a current or former communist country, chiefly one which was previously part of the Soviet Union; a microdistrict.
Example Sentences
- "In Riga, for example, which has massive new residential developments on the periphery, the basic schools, nurseries, and local shops appear to be in place, but other higher-level services can only be found in the core districts, and not a single social service building has been opened in the microraions, as promised."
- "Raions in turn are divided into mikroraions, analogous to neighborhoods. […] Zheks and mikroraions emphasize citizen involvement on a cooperative, voluntary basis."
- "I was responsible for the evacuation of a microraion. I co-ordinated the work of the police, housing and maintenance, and transport. What were we afraid of? Well, that there'd suddenly be a jam somewhere or panic. Let me tell you: the evacuation went through in a very organized way."
- "Each mikroraion has its traffic-free housing areas, together with central shops, schools and recreational facilities. By 1990 Solntsevo’s population had grown to 67,500. However there are still problems:— • There are not enough shops in the mikroraions."
- "Attempts by the Soviet authorities in the 1920s to create designated Jewish regions in Ukraine and Crimea were largely unsuccessful, in part because of hostility from the local population in these regions, although some nominally Jewish administrative sub-counties (mikroraiony) existed in southern Ukraine prior to the Nazi German invasion of the USSR in 1941."
- "The article analyzes the history of the emergence of the socio-spatial phenomenon of the suburbs in the Western world and in Ukraine. A comparison of suburbs in the Soviet Union (with regard to suburban villages, dachas and microraiony) and suburbs in the United States and Canada is presented."
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian микрорайо́н (mikrorajón), with the spelling of the first element influenced by micro- (prefix meaning ‘very small’). Микрорайо́н (Mikrorajón) is derived from микро- (mikro-, prefix meaning ‘very small’) + райо́н (rajón, “district; area, region”). By surface analysis, micro- + raion. The plural form microraiony is borrowed from Russian микрорайо́ны (mikrorajóny).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *mey-, микрорайо́ны
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌmaɪkɹoʊˌɹaɪˈjɔn/
- British English: /ˌmaɪkɹəʊˌɹaɪˈjɒn/