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voivodeship
/ˈvɔɪvəˌdeɪʃɪp/
Definition
An administrative district in Poland, equivalent to a province or region, governed by a voivode.
Etymology
Derived from the Slavic word 'voivoda,' meaning a military leader or warlord, combined with the suffix '-ship.' It entered English to describe the historical and modern administrative divisions of Poland and other Central-Eastern European countries.
In the news
The term is used here to identify the specific regional administrative authority in Poland—the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship—to whom a formal request was sent regarding the Grunwald Battlefield.
Aspen Security Forum, TUTAKA Festival, New Belarus Conference program announcement. Weekly updates from Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Office: July 13–19
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