Volyn

English

Alternative forms

• Volyn’

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ukrainian Воли́нь (Volýnʹ).

Proper noun

Volyn

1. Volyn province (oblast) in northwestern Ukraine.
2. (historical) Volhynia, a historic region between the Prypiat and Buh rivers in northwestern Ukraine and part of Poland (Chełm).

Synonyms

• Wołyń
• (province): Volyn Oblast, Volyn’ Oblast

Related terms

• Halych-Volyn, Halych-Volyn’
• Galicia-Volhynia

Translations

oblast

• Belarusian: Валы́нь f (Valýnʹ)
• Danish: Volhynien, Volyn
• German: Wolyn n, Wolhynien n, Wolynien n, Wolhinien n (obsolete), Wolinien n (obsolete)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: Wołyń (pl) m, obwód wołyński m
• Russian: Волы́нь (ru) f (Volýnʹ)
• Ukrainian: Воли́нь f (Volýnʹ)

See also

• Lutsk