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volhynia

/voʊˈlɪniə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables
Vo-lhyn-i-a
IPA
/voʊˈlɪniə/
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A geographic region of Eastern Europe, now divided between southeastern Poland, northwestern Ukraine, and southwestern Belarus.

name

A former voivodeship of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, established in 1566, disestablished in 1795.

name

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.

Etymology

From Latin Volhynia.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Volynia (alternative) Wolhynia (alternative)

Derived Forms

Volhynian volhynite

Synonyms

Lodomeria Volyn

Questions

How do you pronounce volhynia?
The recorded pronunciation is /voʊˈlɪniə/.
What does volhynia mean?
A geographic region of Eastern Europe, now divided between southeastern Poland, northwestern Ukraine, and southwestern Belarus.
Where does volhynia come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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