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microraions

microraions is the plural of microraion.

Meaning of microraion

Noun

microraion (plural microraions or microraiony)

  1. A residential complex in a current or former communist country, chiefly one which was previously part of the Soviet Union; a microdistrict.
    • In Riga, for example, which has massive new residential developments on the periphery, the basic schools, nurseries, and local shops appear to be in place, but other higher-level services can only be found in the core districts, and not a single social service building has been opened in the...1983, Sigurd Grava, “Urban Transport in the Soviet Union”, in Henry W. Morton, Robert C. Stuart, editors, The Contemporary Soviet City, Armonk, N.Y.: M[yron] E[manuel] Sharpe, →ISBN, part III (Soviet...
    Synonyms:
    microdistrict

Questions about microraions

What is microraions the plural of?
Microraions is the plural of microraion.

Words near microraions in the dictionary

  1. microradiographs
  2. microradiography
  3. microradiosurgery
  4. microrads
  5. microraion
  6. microraions
  7. microraiony
  8. microrandomized
  9. microraptor
  10. microraptorian
  11. microraptorians

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