raion

English

Alternative forms

• rayon, rajon

Etymology

From Russian райо́н (rajón), archaic райо́нъ (rajón), from French rayon (“honeycomb, department”). More recently influenced by the same name used in other post-Soviet states. Compare Ukrainian райо́н (rajón).

Noun

raion (plural raions)

1. An administrative unit of some Eastern European and Asian states.
   • 2000, Roman Szporluk, Russia, Ukraine, and the Breakup of the Soviet Union, Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, p 119:

     Suffice it to mention that several thousand raion papers were replaced by “territorial administrations” organs, and that all transport papers were closed.

Usage notes

The term describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is almost always translated as "district". A raion is usually an entity two steps below the national level.

Translations

administrative unit

• Czech: rajón m
• Estonian: rajoon
• Finnish: piiri (fi), rajoni, piirikunta (fi)
• Georgian: რაიონი (raioni)
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• German: Rajon
• Uyghur: رايون (rayon)
• Yakut: оройуон (oroyuon)

See also

• region

 

Anagrams

• Arion, Irano-, Riano, noria, oiran, on air, on-air

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Japanese

Romanization

raion

1. Rōmaji transcription of ライオン
2. Rōmaji transcription of らいおん

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Ladin

Alternative forms

• region

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin regiō.

Noun

raion m (plural raions)

1. region

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian район (rajon).

Noun

raion n (plural raioane)

1. raion (administrative unit)

Declension

Declension of raion

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) raion	raionul	(niște) raioane	raioanele
genitive/dative	(unui) raion	raionului	(unor) raioane	raioanelor
vocative	raionule		raioanelor