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guberniya

[goo-ber-nee-uh; Russian goo-byer-nyi-yuh]
noun
  1. (in the Soviet Union) an administrative division of the volosts, smaller than a district.
  2. (in Russia before 1917) an administrative division equivalent to the province.
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Origin of guberniya

< Russian gubérniya, probably derivative of gubernátor governor (< Polish < L), by analogy with imperátor emperor, impériya empire
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British Dictionary definitions for guberniya

guberniya

noun
  1. a territorial division of imperial Russia
  2. a territorial and administrative subdivision in the former Soviet Union
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Word Origin

from Russian: government, ultimately from Latin gubernāre to govern
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