🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ken

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Voivodeship/ˈvɔɪ.və.də.ʃɪp/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"マゾフシェ県はポーランドの中央部に位置しています。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An administrative district or province in Poland, governed by a voivode.

    "The Masovian Voivodeship is the largest and most populous province in Poland."
  2. 2

    A historical territorial jurisdiction ruled by a voivode in various Central and Eastern European realms.

    "Medieval maps often demarcated the shifting borders of each autonomous voivodeship."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Slavic elements 'vojvoda' (meaning warlord or leader of warriors, from 'vojina' meaning war and 'vodi' meaning to lead) combined with the Old English territorial suffix '-scip' (-ship). Historically used to designate a province or territory governed by a voivode, it entered English usage primarily to describe the top-level administrative divisions of Poland.

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