noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:zĕmsʹtvo
UK:/ˈzɛmstvəʊ/
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noun
Meaning 1
A Russian district or provincial council, or elective local-governmental administrative division, founded in 1864 by Tsar Alexander the Liberator.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Russian зе́мство (zémstvo), from земля́ (zemljá, “land, country”).
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
զեմստվո
(zemstvo)
— a Russian districtual or provincial conciliary or elective local-governmental administrative division
Azerbaijani:
zemstvo
— a Russian districtual or provincial conciliary or elective local-governmental administrative division
Belarusian:
зе́мства
(zjémstva)
— a Russian districtual or provincial conciliary or elective local-governmental administrative division
Estonian:
semstvo
— a Russian districtual or provincial conciliary or elective local-governmental administrative division
Finnish:
semstvo
— a Russian districtual or provincial conciliary or elective local-governmental administrative division
French:
zemstvo
— a Russian districtual or provincial conciliary or elective local-governmental administrative division
Georgian:
ერობა
(eroba)
— a Russian districtual or provincial conciliary or elective local-governmental administrative division
German:
Semstwo
— a Russian districtual or provincial conciliary or elective local-governmental administrative division
Japanese:
ゼムストヴォ
(zemusutovo)
— a Russian districtual or provincial conciliary or elective local-governmental administrative division
Kazakh:
земство
(zemstvo)
— a Russian districtual or provincial conciliary or elective local-governmental administrative division
Korean:
젬스트보
(jemseuteubo)
— a Russian districtual or provincial conciliary or elective local-governmental administrative division
Polish:
ziemstwo
— a Russian districtual or provincial conciliary or elective local-governmental administrative division
Russian:
зе́мство
(zémstvo)
— a Russian districtual or provincial conciliary or elective local-governmental administrative division
Swedish:
zemstvo
— a Russian districtual or provincial conciliary or elective local-governmental administrative division
Swedish:
landsting
— a Russian districtual or provincial conciliary or elective local-governmental administrative division
Tatar:
зимства
(zimstwa)
— a Russian districtual or provincial conciliary or elective local-governmental administrative division
Turkish:
zemisto
— a Russian districtual or provincial conciliary or elective local-governmental administrative division
Ukrainian:
зе́мство
(zémstvo)
— a Russian districtual or provincial conciliary or elective local-governmental administrative division
Uzbek:
zemstvo
— a Russian districtual or provincial conciliary or elective local-governmental administrative division
