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guberniyas

guberniyas is the plural of guberniya.

Meaning of guberniya

Noun

guberniya (plural guberniyas or gubernii)

  1. (historical) A major administrative subdivision of the Russian Empire; a governorate or province.
    • Milyukov’s density figure for the southeastern portion of Peter’s realm, referred to in his text as “the Kazan’ and Astrakhan’ gubernii” of that time, appears to be erroneous. It corresponds to the enumerated number of males in these two old gubernii, but the Nizhegorod Guberniya had been formed...1946, Frank Lorimer, “Appendix I: Notes on Estimation of the Growth and Distribution of Russian Population, 1724-1897”, in The Population of the Soviet Union: History and Prospects (Economic...
    Synonyms:
    gubernium

Questions about guberniyas

What is guberniyas the plural of?
Guberniyas is the plural of guberniya.

Words near guberniyas in the dictionary

  1. guberniia
  2. guberniias
  3. gubernium
  4. guberniums
  5. guberniya
  6. guberniyas
  7. gubernya
  8. gubernyas
  9. gubinge
  10. gubinges
  11. Gubkin

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