Non-English glossary for administrative divisions

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Non-English glossary for administrative divisions

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This is an alphabetical list of native non-English terms for administrative divisions; some, such as arrondissement and okrug, have become English loanwords. Terms in italics are prefixes or suffixes.

Name	Countries	English equivalents
ambacht	Netherlands	county
amphoe	Thailand	district
Amt	Denmark Germany	county
apskritis	Lithuania	county
arrondissement	French-speaking countries Netherlands	borough district
autónoma	Spanish-speaking countries	autonomous
autônomo	Portuguese-speaking countries	autonomous
avtonomny	Russia	autonomous
aimag	Mongolia	province
baladiyah (baladiyat)	Arab countries	municipality
barangay	Philippines	village (rural) or ward
bairro	Brazil Portugal Mozambique	neighbourhood district
barrio	Spanish-speaking countries	neighbourhood district
Bezirk	Austria	district
Bundesland	Germany and Austria	federal state
bwrdeistref	Wales	borough county
changwat	Thailand	province
chef-lieu	France	Chief Town/City
canton	Switzerland	canton
comarca	Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries	county
comuna	Spanish-speaking countries	commune
comună	Romania	rural commune
comunidad	Spain	community
deelgemeente	Belgium	submunicipality
departamento	Latin America	department
département	French-speaking countries	department
distrito	Spanish-speaking countries and Philippines	district
do (Korean) dào (Mandarin) dō (Japanese)	Korea (North and South) China Japan	circuit
dzongkhag	Bhutan	district
estado	Mexico Venezuela	federal state
imarah	United Arab Emirates also formerly used by other Arab countries	emirate
fylke	Norway	county
gemeente	Dutch-speaking countries	municipality
Gemeinde	German-speaking countries	municipality
gewog	Bhutan	block
gmina	Poland	commune municipality
gobolka	Somalia
gouvernorat	Guinea	governorate
guberniya	Russian Empire	governorate
hameau	France	hamlet
judeţ	Romania Moldova (formerly)	county
jurydyka	Poland	village
Kanton	Switzerland (German-speaking)	canton
kanton	Bosnia and Herzegovina	canton
kasselrij	Netherlands	county or burgraviate
kaza	Turkey	district
ken	Japan	prefecture
khett	Cambodia	province
khoueng	Laos	province
kilil	Ethiopia	region
kommun	Sweden Finland	municipality
kozhuun	Russia^[1]	district
krai	Russia	region
kraj	Czech Republic Slovakia	region
Kreis	Germany	district
lalawigan	Philippines	province
Län (Swedish) Lääni (Finnish)	Sweden Finland	county (Sweden) province (Finland)
lieu-dit	France	place name
lugar	Portugal	hamlet
lungsod	Philippines	city
maakond	Estonia	county
megye	Hungary	county
mahoz	Israel	district
merindad	Medieval Spain	county
mintaqah (mintaqat)	Arab countries	province region
muban	Thailand	village
muhafazah (muhafazat)	Arab countries	governorate
municipalidad	Latin America	municipality
municipio município	Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries	municipality
nafa	Israel	subdistrict
negeri	Malaysia	federal state
nomos	Greece	prefecture
oblast oblast'	Slavic countries	province region
община (obshtina)	Bulgaria	municipality
okres	Czech Republic Slovakia	district
okrug	Russia Serbia	district
opština	Montenegro Republika Srpska Serbia	municipality
ostan (ostan-e)	Iran	province
parroquia	Spain^[2] Andorra	parish
pedanía	Spain	county
powiat	Poland	county
pradesh	India	state
probinsya	Philippines	province
propinsi	Indonesia	province
provincia	Italian and Spanish-speaking countries	province
prowincja	Poland	province
raion	Russian-speaking countries Moldova	district
Regierungsbezirk	Germany	district
respublika	Russia	republic
selsoviet	Russia	rural district
sum	Mongolia	district
-stan	Pakistan Iran Central Asian countries regions of Russia	"land" (denotes high level of autonomy)
sýsla	Iceland Faroe Islands	district
Tambon	Thailand	subdistrict
Thesaban	Thailand	municipality
tinh	Vietnam	province
todōfuken	Japan	prefecture
ulus	Russia^[3]	district
vogtei	Germany	bailiwick
wojewodztwo	Poland	voivodeship
volost	Russia, Russian Empire
voblast	Ukraine	province
wilayah velayah	Arab countries Turkey	province
ziemia	Poland	land
županija	Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croatian speaking) Croatia	county

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Published - February 2009

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Non-English glossary for administrative divisions

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