GUBERNIYA


Meaning of GUBERNIYA in English

noun

or gu·ber·nia güˈbernē(y)ə

( -s )

Etymology: Russian guberniya government, guberniya, probably from Polish gubernja, from Latin gubernare to govern

1. : a territorial subdivision of prerevolutionary Russia

2. : a former provincial soviet — compare oblast

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