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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /voʊˈlɪniə/
• Hyphenation: Vo‧lhyn‧i‧a

Proper noun

Volhynia

2. (historical) A geographic region of Eastern Europe, now divided between southeastern Poland, northwestern Ukraine, and southwestern Belarus.
3. (historical) A former voivodeship of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, established in 1566, disestablished in 1795.
4. (historical) A former governorate of the Russian Empire, the Ukrainian People's Republic, Ukrainian State and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, established in 1795, disestablished in 1925. Seat: Zhytomyr.

Synonyms

• Lodomeria, Volyn

Derived terms

• Volhynian
• volhynite

Translations

region

• Belarusian: Валы́нь f (Valýnʹ)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Волинь f (Volynʹ)
• Czech: Volyň (cs) f
• Danish: Volhynien
• Dutch: Wolynië (nl) 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 (uk) f (Volýnʹ)
• Volapük: Volünän (vo)
• Yiddish: וואָלין (volin)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Volhynia f

1. alternative spelling of Volínia: (historical) Volhynia (a geographic region of Eastern Europe, now divided between southeastern Poland, northwestern Ukraine, and southwestern Belarus)