raion

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raion

/ɹaɪˈjɒn/ UK
/ɹaɪˈjɔn/ US

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Borrowed from Russian райо́н (rajón), from French rayon. More recently influenced by the same name used in other post-Soviet states. Compare Ukrainian райо́н (rajón).

noun raions · raiony · rayon · rajon

An administrative unit of some Eastern European and Asian states. Below the oblasts come cities of oblast subordination and raiony. At the bottom we find rural and settlement soviets. We should note that certain very small cities will be subordinate to the raion level. In larger cities there will also be urban raiony. In the republics of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

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noun administrative unit

Deutsch	Rajon

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"raion." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/raion. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{raion_2026,
  title = {raion},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/raion},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}