voivodeship

English

Etymology

From voivode (“Slavic count or governor”) +‎ -ship.

Noun

voivodeship (countable and uncountable, plural voivodeships)

1. The office, position, title or rank of voivode.
2. The jurisdiction of a voivode, comparable to a county or to a countship.
3. The highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland, comparable to a state or province.

Translations

the jurisdiction of a voivode

• Afrikaans: woiwodskap
• Belarusian: ваяво́дства n (vajavódstva)
• Czech: vojvodství n
• Danish: voivodskab n
• Finnish: voivodikunta
• French: voïvodie (fr) f
• Georgian: სავოევოდო (savoevodo)
• German: Woiwodschaft (de) f, Wojewodschaft (de) f
• Kashubian: wòjewództwò n
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• Lithuanian: vaivadija f
• Polish: województwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: voivodato m, voivodia f
• Romanian: voievodat (ro) n
• Russian: воево́дство (ru) n (vojevódstvo)
• Silesian: wojewůdztwo n
• Slovak: vojvodstvo n
• Spanish: voivodato (es) m, voivodia f
• Ukrainian: воєво́дство n (vojevódstvo)