guberniya

American

[goo-ber-nee-uh, goo-byer-nyi-yuh] / guˈbɛr ni ə, guˈbjɛr njɪ jə /

noun

(in the Soviet Union) an administrative division of the volosts, smaller than a district.
(in Russia before 1917) an administrative division equivalent to the province.

guberniya British

/ ɡuˈbjɛrnɪjə /

noun

a territorial division of imperial Russia
a territorial and administrative subdivision in the former Soviet Union

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Etymology

Origin of guberniya

From Russian gubérniya, probably derivative of gubernátor “governor” (from Polish, from Latin ), by analogy with imperátor “emperor,” impériya; “empire”; see governor, emperor, empire

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