raion
Syllables: rai·onUK/ɹaɪˈjɒn//ɹaɪˈjɔn/
raion noun: an administrative unit of some Eastern European and Asian states.
Noun
raion (plural raions or raiony)
- An administrative unit of some Eastern European and Asian states.
- Below the oblasts come cities of oblast subordination and raiony. At the bottom we find rural and settlement soviets. We should note that certain very small cities will be subordinate to the raion level. In larger cities there will also be urban raiony. In the republics of Estonia, Latvia...1987, Cameron Ross, “Introduction”, in Local Government in the Soviet Union: Problems of Implementation and Control, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin’s Press, →ISBN, page 8
- Suffice it to mention that several thousand raion papers were replaced by “territorial administrations” organs, and that all transport papers were closed.2000, Roman Szporluk, Russia, Ukraine, and the Breakup of the Soviet Union, Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, page 119
Examples of raion in a sentence
- Below the oblasts come cities of oblast subordination and raiony.1987, Cameron Ross, “Introduction”, in Local Government in the Soviet Union: Problems of Implementation and Control, New York, N.Y.: St....
- In 1923 Soviet Ukraine’s 102 povity were replaced by 53 larger okruhy (sing. okruha), and its 1,989 volosti by 706 raions.2007, John D. Pihach, “Locating the Ancestral Home” (chapter 7, pages 83–123), in Ukrainian Genealogy: A Beginner’s Guide (paperback)...
- On the eve of the twentieth century, Veniamin Semënov-Tian’-Shanskii, Pëtr’s son, popularized the idea of dividing the Russian Empire into agricultural and industrial raiony.2025, Stephan Rindlisbacher, “Gosplan: How to Achieve Spatial Homogeneity”, in Borders in Red: Managing Diversity in the Early Soviet...
Forms of raion
| plural | raions |
|---|---|
| plural | raiony |
| alternative form | rayon |
| alternative form | rajon |
Origin of raion
Borrowed from Russian райо́н (rajón), from French rayon. More recently influenced by the same name used in other post-Soviet states. Compare Ukrainian райо́н (rajón).
Words that rhyme with raion
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- foregone
- mon
- qanon
- scone
- swan
- thereupon
- tick on
- wan
- a ton
- chignon
- con
- electron
- got it going on
- jupon
- ron
- soupçon
- thereon
- Toulon
- whereupon
- Yonne
- -hon
- -plon
- agone
- begone
- bent on
- build on
- build upon
- c'mon
- catch oneself on
- chron
- cock on
- Comecon
- conn
- cop oneself on
- Gabon
- garçon
- hither and yon
- hon
- macron
- microraion
- mont
- Perpignan
- phon
- pon
- shone
- sine qua non
- sine quibus non
- Sir John
Questions about raion
- What does raion mean?
- Raion means an administrative unit of some Eastern European and Asian states.
- How do you use raion in a sentence?
- Below the oblasts come cities of oblast subordination and raiony.
- What part of speech is raion?
- Raion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce raion?
- Raion is pronounced /ɹaɪˈjɒn/ (UK).
- What is the plural of raion?
- The plural of raion is raions.
Words near raion in the dictionary
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