different between voivodeship vs voivode

English

Etymology

From voivode (“Slavic count or governor”) +? -ship.

Noun

voivodeship (countable and uncountable, plural voivodeships)

1. The office, position, title or rank of voivode.
2. The jurisdiction of a voivode, comparable to a county or to a countship.
3. The highest-level administrative subdivision of Poland, comparable to a state or province.

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English

Alternative forms

• woiwode, voevoda, voivod, vojvoda, voevod, vaivode, wojewoda, voyvoda, voyevoda, woywode, vojvode

Etymology

Variously from a number of Slavic languages from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?v??v??d/

Noun

voivode (plural voivodes)

1. A local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe, especially early semi-independent rulers of Transylvania.
   • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Chapter 3:

     Who was it but one of my own race who as Voivode crossed the Danube and beat the Turk on his own ground? This was a Dracula indeed!

2. An administrative chief in modern Poland.

Derived terms

• voivodeship

Related terms

• Vojvodina

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