guberniya

guberniya
/gooh ber"nee euh/; Russ. /gooh byerdd"nyi yeuh/, n.
1. (in the Soviet Union) an administrative division of the volosts, smaller than a district.
2. (in Russia before 1917) an administrative division equivalent to the province.
[ < Russ gubérniya, prob. deriv. of gubernátor GOVERNOR ( < Pol < L), by analogy with imperátor EMPEROR, impériya EMPIRE]

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