country (territory of a nation) · state, province (political division of a federation retaining a notable degree of autonomy) · land (real estate or landed property)
köken: From Middle High German lant, from Old High German lant, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą, from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (“land, heath”). Compare Dutch, English, and Danish land, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 (land).
vilayet, administrative division of Uzbekistan · province, region
çekim: çoğul viloyatlar · tamlayan viloyatning
köken: Inherited from Chagatai ولایت (wlāyt), from Classical Persian ولایت (wilāyat), from Arabic وِلَايَةٌ f (wilāyatun). Cognate with Uyghur ۋىلايەت / wilayet / Uyghur вилайәт.
fief, fiefdom · a county, a political subdivision of the Swedish state roughly corresponding to a British county
çekim: çoğul läns · tamlayan läns
köken: From Old Swedish län, from Middle Low German lēn and from late Old Norse lén, whence also Danish len, Norwegian len, Icelandic lén, Faroese len. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *laihną "loan, fief".
countryside (part of a country that is remote from the capital and major cultural centres) · backwater (backward place) · province (subdivision of government usually one step below the national level)
çekim: çoğul prowincje · tamlayan prowincji
eş: peryferie, zadupie, wygwizdów, tam gdzie wrony zawracają, tam gdzie psy dupami szczekają, region
köken: Etymology tree Latin prōvincialbor. Polish prowincja Learned borrowing from Latin prōvincia.
province (an official regional government unit between the state and the municipalities in Finland) · A translation for a similar administrative unit in another country, especially Sweden (län), Norway (fylke) or Russia (oblast). · A land area or a house in private ownership, especially if it is large.
çekim: çoğul läänit · tamlayan läänin
köken: Borrowed from Late Old Swedish län (“province, fief”).