different between raion vs racon

English

Alternative forms

• rayon
• rajon

Etymology

From Russian ?????? (rajón), archaic ??????? (rajón), from French rayon (“honeycomb, department”). More recently influenced by the same name used in other post-Soviet states. Compare Ukrainian ?????? (rajón).

Noun

raion (plural raions)

1. 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.

Translations

Anagrams

• Arion, Irano-, Riano, noria, oiran, on air, on-air

Japanese

Romanization

raion

1. R?maji transcription of ????
2. R?maji transcription of ????

Ladin

Alternative forms

• region

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin regi?.

Noun

raion m (plural raions)

1. region

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ????? (rajon).

Noun

raion n (plural raioane)

1. raion (administrative unit)

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?k?n

Etymology

Blend of radar +? beacon

Noun

racon (plural racons)

1. A beacon that, on detecting a radar signal, responds by transmitting a coded navigation signal.

Anagrams

• Carno, Coran, Corna, acorn, acron, caron, coran, narco, narco-