Volhynia

English

Volhynia

Alternative forms

• Volynia
• Wolhynia (spelling possibly influenced by German: Wolhynien or Polish: Wołyń; the “w” is pronounced as “v” in both languages)

Etymology

From Latin Volhynia.

Proper noun

Volhynia

1. (historical) A region of Eastern Europe, now divided between Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus.

Synonyms

• Lodomeria, Volyn

Related terms

• (adjectives) Volhynian

Translations

region

• Belarusian: Валы́нь f (Valýnʹ)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Волинь f (Volynʹ)
• Czech: Volyň (cs) f
• Danish: Volhynien
• Dutch: Wolynië n
• French: Volhynie (fr) f, Volynie (fr) f
• German: Wolhynien (de) n
• Latin: Volhynia f, Volhinia f
• Latvian: Volīnija f
• Lithuanian: Voluinė, Volynė
• Polish: Wołyń (pl) m
• Portuguese: Volínia f
• Romanian: Volânia f
• Russian: Волы́нь (ru) f (Volýnʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: Volinj f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Wołyńska f

  Upper Sorbian: Wołynska f

• Ukrainian: Воли́нь f (Volýnʹ)
• Volapük: Volünän (vo)
• Yiddish: וואָלין (volin)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Volhynia f

1. Alternative spelling of Volínia