район

• раіо́нъ (raión) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))

First attested in 1865. Borrowed from French rayon, from rai + -on, from Latin radius.

• IPA^(key): [rɐˈjɵn]

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райо́н • (rajón) m inan (genitive райо́на, nominative plural райо́ны, genitive plural райо́нов)

1. district
2. region, area

• райо́нный (rajónnyj)
• райони́ровать (rajonírovatʹ)

• Vasmer (Fasmer), Max (Maks) (1964–1973), “район”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv Oleg, Moscow: Progress
• Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “район”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 96

• IPA^(key): [rɐˈjɔn]

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райо́н • (rajón) m inan (genitive райо́ну, nominative plural райо́ни)

1. district
2. region, area
3. raion

• район in Bilodid I. K., editor (1970–1980) Slovnyk ukrajinsʹkoji movy, Kiev: Naukova Dumka