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guberniya

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A major administrative subdivision of the Russian Empire; a governorate or province.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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History

Etymology

From Russian губе́рния (gubérnija).

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: غُوبِرْنِيَا (ḡūbirniyā) — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Arabic: غُوبِرْنِيَة (ḡūbirniya) — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Armenian: նահանգ (nahang) — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Armenian: գուբերնիա (gubernia) — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Azerbaijani: quberniya — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Belarusian: губе́рня (hubjérnja) — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Belarusian: губэ́рня (hubérnja) — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Bulgarian: губе́рния (gubérnija) — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Chuvash: кӗперне (kĕp̬erne) — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Czech: gubernie — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Dutch: goebernija — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Dutch: gouvernement — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Esperanto: gubernio — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Estonian: kubermang — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Finnish: kuvernementti — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Finnish: lääni — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • French: goubernia — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • French: gouvernement — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • French: gouvernorat — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Georgian: გუბერნია (gubernia) — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • German: Gubernia — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • German: Gubernat — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • German: Statthalterschaft — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • German: Gouvernement — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • German: Gubernium — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Greek: κυβερνείο (kyverneío) — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Hungarian: kormányzóság — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Indonesian: kegubernuran — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Indonesian: guberniya — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Ingrian: guberni — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Italian: gubernija — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Japanese: グベールニヤ (gubēruniya) — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Kazakh: губерния (guberniä) — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Korean: 구베르니야 (gubereuniya) — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Kyrgyz: губерния (guberniya) — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Latin: gubernium — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Latvian: guberņa — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Lithuanian: gubernija — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Macedonian: губернија (gubernija) — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Marathi: गुबेर्निया (guberniyā) — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gubernija — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Norwegian Bokmål: guvernement — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gubernija — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: guvernement — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Iranian Persian: فَرْمانْداری (farmândâri) — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Polish: gubernia — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Romanian: gubernie — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Russian: губе́рния (gubérnija) — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Serbo-Croatian: губѐрнија — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Serbo-Croatian: gubèrnija — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Slovak: gubernia — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Slovene: gubernija — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Spanish: gobernación — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Tajik: губерния (guberniya) — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Tajik: фармондорӣ (farmondori) — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Tatar: губерна (ğüberna) — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Turkish: guberniya — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Turkmen: guberniýa — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Ukrainian: губе́рнія (hubérnija) — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Ukrainian: губе́рня (hubérnja) — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Uzbek: guberniya — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Uzbek: guberna — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire
  • Yakut: күбүөрүнэ (kübüörüne) — an administrative subdivision in the Russian empire