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Definition of 'raion'English
Alternative forms
* rayon
* rajon
Noun
( en-noun)
An administrative unit of some Eastern European and Asian states.
* 2000 , Roman Szporluk, Russia, Ukraine, and the Breakup of the Soviet Union , Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, p 119:
- Suffice it to mention that several thousand raion papers were replaced by “territorial administrations” organs, and that all transport papers were closed.
Usage notes
The term describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city and is almost always translated as "district". A raion is usually an entity two steps below the national level.
Anagrams
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Similar to 'raion'rain, ruin, rein, rayon, rowan, rann, roun, reen, roan, roon, roin, rowen, rewin, rewon, reyn, rhein, rehewn
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