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Voivodeship

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Poland voivodeships since 1999
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A Voivodeship, also spelled Voivodship, Voivodina or Vojvodina (Romanian: voievodat, Polish: województwo, Serbian: vojvodina (војводина), vojvodstvo (војводство) or vojvodovina (војводовина), Hungarian: vajdaság, Lithuanian: vaivadija), is a geographical unit of administration dating to medieval Romania, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia and Serbia (see Vojvodina), ruled by a Voivod (voivode, wojewoda). The Voivod (literal translation: "the one who leads the warriors") was initially the military commander next to the ruler. It is sometimes translated as duchy, province, palatinate, or administrative district.

The term voivodeship is used in the native languages for the 16 voivodeships of Poland, and for the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina in Serbia, and has found its way into English in some of the larger dictionaries such as the OED and Webster's Third New International Dictionary, though it is not in common usage.

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[edit] List of Voivodeships

[edit] Modern

[edit] Historical

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Voivodeships of Poland (1921-1939)


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Slavic terms for country subdivisions

gmina • guberniya • krai • kraj • obshchina • opština • općina • oblast • oblast' • okrug • okręg • pogost • powiat • raion • selsoviet • uyezd • voivodeship • volost

Historical terms in italics

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Types of country subdivision

Contemporary
Arrondissement • Bailiwick • Banner • Autonomous banner • Block • Borough • County borough • Metropolitan borough • Capital • Federal capital • Canton • Census division • Census geographic unit • Census metropolitan area • Census subdivision • Circle • Circuit • City • Autonomous city • Independent city • Colony • Commune • Community • Autonomous community • Residential community • Constituency • County • Administrative county • Autonomous county • Metropolitan county • Council • Croft • Department • Dependency • District • Autonomous district • Capital district • City district • Federal district • Metropolitan district • Municipal district • National capital district • Special capital district • Division • Duchy • Governorate • Hamlet • Insular area • Local administrative unit • Local government area • Municipality • Regional municipality • Regional county municipality • Rural municipality • Neighbourhood • Oblast • Okrug • Parish • Civil parish • Periphery • Prefecture • Autonomous prefecture • Province • Autonomous province • Regency • Region • Autonomous region • Capital region • Special administrative region • Republic • Autonomous republic • Ranchería • Reservation • Reserve • Shire • State • Subdistrict • Subprefecture • Territory • Autonomous territorial unit • Capital territory • Federal capital territory • National territory • National capital territory • Town • Townland • Township • Civil township • Urban (urbanized) area • Village • Vingtaine • Voivodeship • Ward

Historical
Agency • Barony • Burgh • Cantref • Commote • Hundred • Imperial Circle • Imperial Free City • Imperial province • Presidency • Residency • Rural district  • Sanitary district (rural • urban) • Urban district

Boldface indicates a type used by ten or more countries; loanwords in italics.

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