volost

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian во́лость (vólostʹ) or Ukrainian во́лость (vólostʹ), Old East Slavic волость (volostĭ).

Noun

volost (plural volosts)

(historical) A traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe.

Translations

a traditional administrative subdivision

Belarusian: во́ласць f (vólascʹ), во́ласьць f (vólasʹcʹ)
Bulgarian: во́лост f (vólost)
Chuvash: вулӑс (vulăs)
Czech: volosť f
French: volost (fr) m or f
German: Wolost f
Kazakh: болыс (bolys)
Kyrgyz: болуш (ky) (boluş)
Lithuanian: valsčius m
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: власть f (vlastĭ)
Old East Slavic: волость f (volostĭ)
Polish: wołost f, włość (pl) f
Russian: во́лость (ru) f (vólostʹ)
Slovene: volost f
Ukrainian: во́лость (uk) f (vólostʹ)
Uzbek: volost (uz)
Yakut: буолас (buolas)

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