Volhynia

English

Alternative forms

Volynia
Wolhynia (spelling possibly influenced by German: Wolhynien or Polish: Wołyń; the “w” is pronounced as “v” in both languages)

Etymology

From Latin Volhynia.

Proper noun

Volhynia

(historical) A geographic region of Eastern Europe, now divided between southeastern Poland, northwestern Ukraine, and southwestern Belarus.

Synonyms

Lodomeria, Volyn

Derived terms

Volhynian
volhynite

Translations

region

Belarusian: Валы́нь f (Valýnʹ)
Carpathian Rusyn: Волинь f (Volynʹ)
Czech: Volyň (cs) f
Danish: Volhynien
Dutch: Wolynië n
French: Volhynie (fr) f, Volynie (fr) f
German: Wolhynien (de) n
Latin: Volhynia f, Volhinia f
Latvian: Volīnija f
Lithuanian: Voluinė, Volynė
Polish: Wołyń (pl) m
Portuguese: Volínia f
Romanian: Volânia f
Russian: Волы́нь (ru) f (Volýnʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: Volinj f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Wołyńska f

Upper Sorbian: Wołynska f
Ukrainian: Воли́нь f (Volýnʹ)
Volapük: Volünän (vo)
Yiddish: וואָלין (volin)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Volhynia f

alternative spelling of Volínia: (historical) Volhynia (a geographic region of Eastern Europe, now divided between southeastern Poland, northwestern Ukraine, and southwestern Belarus)