volost

English

Etymology

BorrowedfromRussianво́лость(vólostʹ)orUkrainianво́лость(vólostʹ),Old East Slavicволость(volostĭ).

Noun

volost(pluralvolosts)

1. (historical)Atraditionaladministrativesubdivisionin Eastern Europe.

Translations

a traditional administrative subdivision

• Belarusian:во́ласцьf(vólascʹ),во́ласьцьf(vólasʹcʹ)
• Bulgarian:во́лостf(vólost)
• Chuvash:вулӑс(vulăs)
• Czech:volosťf
• French:volost(fr)morf
• German:Wolostf
• Kazakh:болыс(bolys)
• Kyrgyz:болуш(ky)(boluş)
• Lithuanian:valsčiusm
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic:властьf(vlastĭ)

• Old East Slavic:волостьf(volostĭ)
• Polish:wołostf,włość(pl)f
• Russian:во́лость(ru)f(vólostʹ)
• Slovene:volostf
• Ukrainian:во́лость(uk)f(vólostʹ)
• Uzbek:volost(uz)
• Yakut:буолас(buolas)