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volosti

volosti is the plural of volost.

Meaning of volost

Noun

volost (plural volosts or volosti)

  1. (historical) A traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe.
    • Coordinate term: raion (modern Russia)

Origin of volosti

From Russian во́лости (vólosti) and Ukrainian во́лості (vólosti).

Questions about volosti

What is volosti the plural of?
Volosti is the plural of volost.

Words near volosti in the dictionary

  1. Voloshinov
  2. Voloshinovian
  3. Volosinovian
  4. Volosovsky
  5. volost
  6. volosti
  7. volosts
  8. volotrauma
  9. volow
  10. volowed
  11. volowing

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