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Guberniya

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gu⋅ber⋅ni⋅ya

  [goo-ber-nee-uh; Russ. goo-byer-nyi-yuh]
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–noun
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.
Origin:
< Russ gubérniya, prob. deriv. of gubernátor governor (< Pol < L), by analogy with imperátor emperor, impériya empire
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