Dictionary

voivodeship en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈvɔɪˌvəʊdˌʃɪp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ˈvɔɪˌvoʊdˌʃɪp/ (General-American)

Etymology

From voivode (“local ruler or official in parts of central and eastern Europe; administrative chief in Poland”) + -ship (suffix forming nouns indicating properties or states of being). Voivode is variously derived from a number of Slavic languages including Bulgarian войвода (vojvoda), Czech vojevoda, Polish wojewoda, Russian воево́да (vojevóda), and Serbo-Croatian vojvoda, војвода, all from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda (“army leader; duke; warlord”), from *voji (“army”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue; to persecute; to suppress”)) + *-e- + *vodìti (“to conduct; to lead”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (“to lead”)). Sense 3 is a semantic loan from Polish województwo.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The office, position, rank, or title of a voivode (“a local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe; an administrative chief in modern Poland”).
2. (countable, uncountable) The jurisdiction of a voivode, comparable to a countship or a county.
3. (countable) The highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland, comparable to a province or state.

Forms

Synonyms

voivodate

Translations (88)

es voivodia (jurisdiction of a voivode) · fr voïvodie (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · ms کۏويۏوداءن (jurisdiction of a voivode) · pl województwo (office, position, rank, or title of a voivode) · pt voivodato (jurisdiction of a voivode) · nl woiwodschap (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · sh во̀јводство (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · la vaivodatus (jurisdiction of a voivode) · lv vojevodiste (jurisdiction of a voivode) · ast voivodatu (jurisdiction of a voivode) · tl boybodato (jurisdiction of a voivode) · el βοεβοδάτο (jurisdiction of a voivode) · mk војводство (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · lv vojevodiste (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · cs vojvodství (jurisdiction of a voivode) · fur voivodât (jurisdiction of a voivode) · sh vòjvodina (jurisdiction of a voivode) · sk vojvodstvo (jurisdiction of a voivode) · fi voivodikunta (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · cs vojvodství (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · ro voievodat (jurisdiction of a voivode) · lt vaivadija (jurisdiction of a voivode) · fi voivodikunta (jurisdiction of a voivode) · gl voivodato (jurisdiction of a voivode) · it voivodato (jurisdiction of a voivode) · es voivodato (jurisdiction of a voivode) · nb voivodskap (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · sv vojvodskap (jurisdiction of a voivode) · ms kevoivodaan (jurisdiction of a voivode) · sh во̀јводство (jurisdiction of a voivode) · uk воєво́дство (jurisdiction of a voivode) · nb voivodskap (jurisdiction of a voivode) · szl wojewůdztwo (jurisdiction of a voivode) · sl vojvodstvo (jurisdiction of a voivode) · tt воеводство (jurisdiction of a voivode) · bar Woiwodschoft (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · oc voivodat (jurisdiction of a voivode) · ota ویودهلق (office, position, rank, or title of a voivode) · nn voivodskap (jurisdiction of a voivode) · cv вӑйпутлӑх (jurisdiction of a voivode) · hu vajdaságok (jurisdiction of a voivode) · ia voivodato (jurisdiction of a voivode) · ro voivodat (jurisdiction of a voivode) · ru воево́дство (jurisdiction of a voivode) · sh во̀јводина (jurisdiction of a voivode) · sh vòjvodstvo (jurisdiction of a voivode) · nn voivodskap (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · la palatinatus (jurisdiction of a voivode) · af woiwodskap (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · eu voivoderri (jurisdiction of a voivode) · et vojevoodkond (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · sv vojvodskap (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · pl województwo (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · csb wòjewództwò (jurisdiction of a voivode) · de Woiwodschaft (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · tr voyvodalık (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · hu vajdaság (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · pl województwo (jurisdiction of a voivode) · de Woiwodschaft (jurisdiction of a voivode) · vec voivodato (jurisdiction of a voivode) · la voivodatus (jurisdiction of a voivode) · sl vojvodstvo (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · fr voïvodie (jurisdiction of a voivode) · ca voivodat (jurisdiction of a voivode) · tr voyvodalık (office, position, rank, or title of a voivode) · uk воєво́дство (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · sk vojvodstvo (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · hsb wójwodstwo (jurisdiction of a voivode) · mt vojvodja (jurisdiction of a voivode) · sh vòjvodstvo (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · pt voivodia (jurisdiction of a voivode) · af woiwodskap (jurisdiction of a voivode) · lt vaivadija (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · ms kevoivodaan (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · ka სავოევოდო (jurisdiction of a voivode) · nl woiwodschap (jurisdiction of a voivode) · ota ویودهلق (jurisdiction of a voivode) · tr voyvodalık (jurisdiction of a voivode) · da voivodskab (jurisdiction of a voivode) · be ваяво́дства (jurisdiction of a voivode) · et vojevoodkond (jurisdiction of a voivode) · ru воево́дство (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · be ваяво́дства (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · sl vọ̑jvodina (jurisdiction of a voivode) · tl boybodiya (jurisdiction of a voivode) · de Wojewodschaft (jurisdiction of a voivode) · bg войво́дство (highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland) · dsb wójwodstwo (jurisdiction of a voivode)