raion

English

noun

Definitions

An administrative unit of some Eastern European and Asian states.

Etymology

Derived from Russian райо́н (district) derived from French rayon (honeycomb, department, comb, department of a store).

Origin

French

rayon

Gloss

honeycomb, department, comb, department of a store

Concept

Semantic Field

Clothing and grooming

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

microraion English
rajoni Finnish
radius Latin
Rayon German
rayon Dutch, Flemish
rai French
rayon French
rayonner French
райо́н Russian
район Russian
районный Russian
rejon Polish

microraion