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uyezd

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

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noun

Meaning 1

An administrative subdivision of Muscovy, the Russian Empire, and the early Russian SFSR, in use from the 13th century.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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History

Etymology

From Russian уе́зд (ujézd).

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: գավառ (gavaṙ) — an administrative subdivision
  • Azerbaijani: qəza — an administrative subdivision
  • Belarusian: паве́т (pavjét) — an administrative subdivision
  • Belarusian: уе́зд (ujézd) — an administrative subdivision
  • Belarusian: в'езд (vʺjezd) — an administrative subdivision
  • Finnish: ujesti — an administrative subdivision
  • Finnish: kihlakunta — an administrative subdivision
  • French: ouïezd — an administrative subdivision
  • Georgian: მაზრა (mazra) — an administrative subdivision
  • German: Ujesd — an administrative subdivision
  • Greek: ουγέστ (ougést) — an administrative subdivision
  • Japanese: ウエズド (uezudo) — an administrative subdivision
  • Kazakh: үйез (üiez) — an administrative subdivision
  • Kazakh: уезд (uezd) — an administrative subdivision
  • Kyrgyz: уезд (uyezd) — an administrative subdivision
  • Marathi: उजेझ्द (ujejhda) — an administrative subdivision
  • Polish: ujezd — an administrative subdivision
  • Polish: ujazd — an administrative subdivision
  • Polish: powiat — an administrative subdivision
  • Romanian: uezd — an administrative subdivision
  • Russian: уе́зд (ujézd) — an administrative subdivision
  • Russian: пове́т (povét) — an administrative subdivision
  • Tatar: өяз (öyäz) — an administrative subdivision
  • Turkmen: uýezd — an administrative subdivision
  • Ukrainian: пові́т (povít) — an administrative subdivision
  • Uzbek: uyezd — an administrative subdivision
  • Yiddish: אוּיעזד (uyézd) — an administrative subdivision