hromada
/hɹoʊˈmɑːdə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A basic unit of administrative division in Ukraine, similar to a municipality.
Example Sentences
- "Levels in oblasts and cities were below 10 percent of total expenditure (Table 3.6). Only Kyiv among cities managed to allocate more than 10 percent of expenditures to investment. The higher levels of investment activity were taking place in the hromada, where much of the State subsidies were concentrated."
- "Launched in April 2014, shortly after the illegal annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation and the outbreak of violence in eastern Ukraine, the reform of decentralization primarily aims at transferring a significant share of authority, resources, and responsibility to local self-government bodies. The effective fulfilment of this umbrella goal has inter alia encompassed the amalgamation of hromadas, aimed at strengthening their capacity, an advancement of direct democracy at the local level, and a reform of regional policies (e.g. state financing for infrastructure projects at regional level) (Decentralization 2019)."
- "At the basic level, the institution of local self-government is that of united territorial communities (“hromady”), which are then combined into larger ones (hereinafter referred to as “hromady”). In 2014–2019 the formation and unification of the hromady proceeded on a voluntary basis, beginning with 2020 - according to long-term plans approved by the government."
- "165 schools are in hromady that are currently under Russian occupation, and the situation there may only become clear after these communities are liberated."
- "Therefore, today in the Zakarpatska Oblast, every 4th inhabitant of the region is an IDP [internally displaced person]; in the Lvivska Oblast every 6th inhabitant; and in the Volynska Oblast – every 14th inhabitant. This has a strong impact on the socio-economic development of the border regions at war due to the weak social security of IDPs, their financial vulnerability, the search for a place of temporary stay, and the significant burden on the social infrastructure and economy of hromadas, etc."
- "Ukrainian Student Magazine. […] c/o N.Y.C.Ukrainian student hromada."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: грома́да