uyezd

English

Etymology

From Russian уе́зд (ujézd).

Noun

uyezd (plural uyezds or uyezdy)

1. (historical) An administrative subdivision of Muscovy, the Russian Empire, and the early Russian SFSR, in use from the 13th century.

Translations

an administrative subdivision

• Armenian: գավառ (hy) (gavaṙ)
• Azerbaijani: qəza (az)
• Belarusian: паве́т m (pavjét), уе́зд m (ujézd), в'езд m (vʺjezd)
• Finnish: ujesti (fi), kihlakunta (fi)
• French: ouïezd (fr) m
• Georgian: მაზრა (mazra)
• German: Ujesd m
• Greek: ουγέστ (ougést)
• Japanese: ウエズド (uezudo)
• Kazakh: үйез (üiez), уезд (uezd)
• Kyrgyz: уезд (ky) (uyezd)
• Marathi: उजेझ्द (ujejhda)
• Polish: ujezd m, ujazd m, powiat (pl) m
• Romanian: uezd n
• Russian: уе́зд (ru) (ujézd), пове́т (ru) m (povét) (also for Ukraine, Poland, certain periods)
• Tatar: өяз (tt) (öyaz)
• Turkmen: uýezd
• Ukrainian: пові́т m (povít)
• Uzbek: uyezd (uz)
• Yiddish: אוּיעזד m (uyézd)