voivodeship

== English == === Etymology === From voivode (“local ruler or official in parts of central and eastern Europe; administrative chief in Poland”) +‎ -ship (suffix forming nouns indicating properties or states of being). Voivode is variously derived from a number of Slavic languages including Bulgarian войвода (vojvoda), Czech vojevoda, Polish wojewoda, Russian воево́да (vojevóda), and Serbo-Croatian vojvoda, војвода, all from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda (“army leader; duke; warlord”), from *voji (“army”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue; to persecute; to suppress”)) + *-e- + *vodìti (“to conduct; to lead”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”)). Sense 3 is a semantic loan from Polish województwo. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɔɪˌvəʊdˌʃɪp/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɔɪˌvoʊdˌʃɪp/ Hyphenation: voi‧vode‧ship === Noun === voivodeship (countable and uncountable, plural voivodeships) (countable, uncountable) The office, position, rank, or title of a voivode (“a local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe; an administrative chief in modern Poland”). (countable, uncountable) The jurisdiction of a voivode, comparable to a countship or a county. Synonym: voivodate (countable) The highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland, comparable to a province or state. ==== Alternative forms ==== vaivodeship, waiwodeship ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === voivodeship on Wikipedia.Wikipedia voivodeships of Poland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia