Home › Words › V › volostvolostvolost means A traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe.EtymologyBorrowed from Russian во́лость (vólostʹ) and Ukrainian во́лость (vólostʹ), from Old East Slavic волость (volostĭ).nounA traditional administrative subdivision in Eastern Europe.e.g.“Coordinate term: raion (modern Russia)”Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.pogost 62% match — A medieval administrative and territorial district in Russia, varying in size from tens to hundreds of villages. vs volost →uchastok 58% match — An administrative division of the Russian Empire and Russian SFSR. vs volost →voivodeship 58% match — The office, position, rank, or title of a voivode (“a local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe; an administrative chief in modern Poland”). vs volost →voblast 57% match — An administrative division in Belarus vs volost →volok 57% match — A late-medieval unit of land measurement in Poland and Lithuania, approximately 20 hectares. It was subdivided into 30 or 33 morgens. vs volost →vill 56% match — The smallest administrative unit of land in feudal England, corresponding to the Anglo-Saxon tithing and the modern parish. vs volost →voivode 55% match — A local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe, especially early semi-independent rulers of Transylvania. vs volost →starosta 53% match — In Russia, the head man of a village community. vs volost →