район

Russian

Alternative forms

• раіо́нъ (raión) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))

Etymology

First attested in 1865. Borrowed from French rayon, from rai + -on, from Latin radius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɐˈjɵn]

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Noun

райо́н • (rajón) m inan (genitive райо́на, nominative plural райо́ны, genitive plural райо́нов)

1. district
2. region, area

Declension

Declension of райо́н (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	райо́н rajón	райо́ны rajóny
genitive	райо́на rajóna	райо́нов rajónov
dative	райо́ну rajónu	райо́нам rajónam
accusative	райо́н rajón	райо́ны rajóny
instrumental	райо́ном rajónom	райо́нами rajónami
prepositional	райо́не rajóne	райо́нах rajónax

Derived terms

• райо́нный (rajónnyj)
• райони́ровать (rajonírovatʹ)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “район”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

vol=2 Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “район”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN

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Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rɐˈjɔn]

• Audio:

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Noun

райо́н • (rajón) m inan (genitive райо́ну, nominative plural райо́ни)

1. district
2. region, area
3. raion

References

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “район”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka