"volost" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: volosts [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian во́лость (vólostʹ) or Ukrainian во́лость (vólostʹ), Old East Slavic волость (volostĭ). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|ru|во́лость|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Russian во́лость (vólostʹ), {{bor+|en|ru|во́лость}} Borrowed from Russian во́лость (vólostʹ), {{bor|en|uk|во́лость}} Ukrainian во́лость (vólostʹ), {{der|en|orv|волость}} Old East Slavic волость (volostĭ) Head templates: {{en-noun}} volost (plural volosts)
  1. (historical) A traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Administrative divisions Translations (a traditional administrative subdivision): во́ласць (vólascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), во́ласьць (vólasʹcʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), во́лост (vólost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), власть (vlastĭ) [Cyrillic, feminine] (Church Slavic), вулӑс (vulăs) (Chuvash), volosť [feminine] (Czech), volost [feminine, masculine] (French), Wolost [feminine] (German), болыс (bolys) (Kazakh), болуш (boluş) (Kyrgyz), valsčius [masculine] (Lithuanian), волость (volostĭ) [feminine] (Old East Slavic), wołost [feminine] (Polish), włość [feminine] (Polish), во́лость (vólostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), volost [feminine] (Slovene), во́лость (vólostʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), volost (Uzbek), буолас (buolas) (Yakut)

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