raion

English

Alternative forms

• rayon, rajon

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian райо́н (rajón), from French rayon. More recently influenced by the same name used in other post-Soviet states. Compare Ukrainian райо́н (rajón).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹaɪˈjɒn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹaɪˈjɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɒn
• Hyphenation: rai‧on

Noun

raion (plural raions or raiony)

1. An administrative unit of some Eastern European and Asian states.
   • 1987, Cameron Ross, “Introduction”, in Local Government in the Soviet Union: Problems of Implementation and Control, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 8:

     Below the oblasts come cities of oblast subordination and raiony. At the bottom we find rural and settlement soviets. We should note that certain very small cities will be subordinate to the raion level. In larger cities there will also be urban raiony. In the republics of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaidzhan and Moldavia, there are no oblasts and thus the raiony and cities here will be subordinate to the Republic level.

   • 2000, Roman Szporluk, Russia, Ukraine, and the Breakup of the Soviet Union, Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, page 119:

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

   • 2000, Yaacov Ro’i, “The Registered Mosques and Clergy”, in Islam in the Soviet Union: From the Second World War to Gorbachev, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, part II (Establishment Islam), page 182:

     In Kirgiziia, which had thirty-four registered mosques in 1957, there were in that same year thirty-one raiony with none, and the ones which did exist did not answer the needs of the believer population either from the purely numerical standpoint or from that of their geographical distribution, and not only in raiony with no mosque.

   • 2007, John D. Pihach, “Locating the Ancestral Home” (chapter 7, pages 83–123), in Ukrainian Genealogy: A Beginner’s Guide (paperback), Edmonton · Toronto: Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies Press, →ISBN, Administrative Divisions (pages 88–96), Soviet Ukraine (pages 95–96), page 95:

     In 1923 Soviet Ukraine’s 102 povity were replaced by 53 larger okruhy (sing. okruha), and its 1,989 volosti by 706 raions.

   • 2025, Stephan Rindlisbacher, “Gosplan: How to Achieve Spatial Homogeneity”, in Borders in Red: Managing Diversity in the Early Soviet Union, Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 35:

     On the eve of the twentieth century, Veniamin Semënov-Tian’-Shanskii, Pëtr’s son, popularized the idea of dividing the Russian Empire into agricultural and industrial raiony.

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.

Related terms

• microraion / mikroraion

Translations

administrative unit

• Crimean Tatar: rayon
• Czech: rajón m
• Estonian: rajoon
• Finnish: piiri (fi), rajoni, piirikunta (fi)
• Georgian: რაიონი (raioni)
• German: Rajon
• Ingrian: raijona
• Polish: rejon (pl) m
• Ukrainian: район (uk) m (rajon)
• Uyghur: رايون (rayon)
• Yakut: оройуон (oroyuon)

See also

• region

Anagrams

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

Finnish

Etymology

From French rayon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɑi̯.on/, [ˈrɑ̝i̯.o̞n]
• Rhymes: -ɑion
• Syllabification^(key): rai‧on
• Hyphenation^(key): rai‧on

Noun

raion

1. rayon

Declension

Inflection of raion (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		raion	raionit
genitive		raionin	raionien
partitive		raionia	raioneja
illative		raioniin	raioneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		raion	raionit
accusative	nom.	raion	raionit
	gen.	raionin
genitive		raionin	raionien
partitive		raionia	raioneja
inessive		raionissa	raioneissa
elative		raionista	raioneista
illative		raioniin	raioneihin
adessive		raionilla	raioneilla
ablative		raionilta	raioneilta
allative		raionille	raioneille
essive		raionina	raioneina
translative		raioniksi	raioneiksi
abessive		raionitta	raioneitta
instructive		—	raionein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of raion (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative raionini raionini accusative nom. raionini raionini gen. raionini genitive raionini raionieni partitive raioniani raionejani inessive raionissani raioneissani elative raionistani raioneistani illative raioniini raioneihini adessive raionillani raioneillani ablative raioniltani raioneiltani allative raionilleni raioneilleni essive raioninani raioneinani translative raionikseni raioneikseni abessive raionittani raioneittani instructive — — comitative — raioneineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative raionisi raionisi accusative nom. raionisi raionisi gen. raionisi genitive raionisi raioniesi partitive raioniasi raionejasi inessive raionissasi raioneissasi elative raionistasi raioneistasi illative raioniisi raioneihisi adessive raionillasi raioneillasi ablative raioniltasi raioneiltasi allative raionillesi raioneillesi essive raioninasi raioneinasi translative raioniksesi raioneiksesi abessive raionittasi raioneittasi instructive — — comitative — raioneinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative raionimme raionimme accusative nom. raionimme raionimme gen. raionimme genitive raionimme raioniemme partitive raioniamme raionejamme inessive raionissamme raioneissamme elative raionistamme raioneistamme illative raioniimme raioneihimme adessive raionillamme raioneillamme ablative raioniltamme raioneiltamme allative raionillemme raioneillemme essive raioninamme raioneinamme translative raioniksemme raioneiksemme abessive raionittamme raioneittamme instructive — — comitative — raioneinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative raioninne raioninne accusative nom. raioninne raioninne gen. raioninne genitive raioninne raionienne partitive raionianne raionejanne inessive raionissanne raioneissanne elative raionistanne raioneistanne illative raioniinne raioneihinne adessive raionillanne raioneillanne ablative raioniltanne raioneiltanne allative raionillenne raioneillenne essive raioninanne raioneinanne translative raioniksenne raioneiksenne abessive raionittanne raioneittanne instructive — — comitative — raioneinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative raioninsa raioninsa accusative nom. raioninsa raioninsa gen. raioninsa genitive raioninsa raioniensa partitive raioniaan raioniansa raionejaan raionejansa inessive raionissaan raionissansa raioneissaan raioneissansa elative raionistaan raionistansa raioneistaan raioneistansa illative raioniinsa raioneihinsa adessive raionillaan raionillansa raioneillaan raioneillansa ablative raioniltaan raioniltansa raioneiltaan raioneiltansa allative raionilleen raionillensa raioneilleen raioneillensa essive raioninaan raioninansa raioneinaan raioneinansa translative raionikseen raioniksensa raioneikseen raioneiksensa abessive raionittaan raionittansa raioneittaan raioneittansa instructive — — comitative — raioneineen raioneinensa

Synonyms

• viskoosi

Japanese

Romanization

raion

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

Ladin

Alternative forms

• region

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin regiō.

Noun

raion m (plural raions)

1. region

Romanian

Alternative forms

• район (raion) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian район (rajon).

Noun

raion n (plural raioane)

1. raion (administrative unit)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	raion	raionul		raioane	raioanele
genitive-dative	raion	raionului		raioane	raioanelor
vocative	raionule			raioanelor