"zemstvo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈzɛmstvəʊ/ [UK] Forms: zemstvos [plural], zemstva [plural]
enPR: zĕmsʹtvo [UK] Etymology: From Russian зе́мство (zémstvo), from земля́ (zemljá, “land, country”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ru|зе́мство}} Russian зе́мство (zémstvo) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|zemstva}} zemstvo (plural zemstvos or zemstva)
  1. (now historical) A Russian district or provincial council, or elective local-governmental administrative division, founded in 1864 by Tsar Alexander the Liberator. Wikipedia link: zemstvo Tags: historical Synonyms: zempstwo, zemstwo Derived forms: zemstvoist Translations (a Russian districtual or provincial conciliary or elective local-governmental administrative division): զեմստվո (zemstvo) (Armenian), zemstvo (Azerbaijani), зе́мства (zjémstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), semstvo (Estonian), semstvo (Finnish), zemstvo [masculine] (French), ერობა (eroba) (Georgian), Semstwo [neuter] (German), ゼムストヴォ (zemusutovo) (Japanese), земство (zemstvo) (Kazakh), 젬스트보 (jemseuteubo) (Korean), ziemstwo [neuter] (Polish), зе́мство (zémstvo) [neuter] (Russian), zemstvo [common-gender] (Swedish), landsting [neuter] (Swedish), зимства (zimstwa) (Tatar), зе́мство (zémstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), zemstvo (Uzbek)
    Sense id: en-zemstvo-en-noun-Mef~brFb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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