Volhynia
Volhynia or Volynia is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between southeastern Poland, southwestern Belarus, and northwestern Ukraine. The borders of the region are not clearly defined, but in Ukraine it is roughly equivalent to Volyn Oblast, Rivne Oblast, western part of Zhytomyr Oblast and the northern parts of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast and Ternopil Oblast.
- Type: Region with 9,390,000 residents
- Description: historical region in south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine
- Also known as: “Volyn”, “Volynė”, “Volynskaya Zemlya”, “Wolinien”, “Wolynien”, “Βολινία”, and “沃文”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kholonevychi.
Volhynia
- Category: Ukrainian historical regions
- Location: Ukraine, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51° north
Longitude
26° east
Population
9,390,000
Elevation
184 metres (604 feet)
Open location code
9G382222+22
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Volhynia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فولينيا”
- Armenian: “Վոլին”
- Basque: “Volinia”
- Belarusian: “Валынь”
- Bulgarian: “Волиния”
- Catalan: “Volínia”
- Chinese: “沃伦”
- Chinese: “沃倫”
- Croatian: “Volinija”
- Croatian: “Volinj”
- Czech: “Volyň”
- Danish: “Volhynien”
- Dutch: “Wolynië”
- Esperanto: “Volinio”
- Estonian: “Volõõnia”
- Finnish: “Volynia”
- French: “Volhynie”
- Galician: “Volinia”
- Georgian: “ვოლინი”
- German: “Wolhynien”
- Greek: “Βολυνία”
- Hebrew: “ווהלין”
- Hungarian: “Volhínia”
- Ido: “Volinia”
- Indonesian: “Volhinia”
- Indonesian: “Volhynia”
- Italian: “Volinia”
- Japanese: “ヴォルィーニ”
- Kirghiz: “Волынь”
- Korean: “볼히니아”
- Latin: “Volhynia”
- Latvian: “Volīnija”
- Lithuanian: “Voluinė”
- Lower Sorbian: “Wołyńska”
- Macedonian: “Волиња”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Volhynia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Volhynia”
- Norwegian: “Volhynia”
- Ossetian: “Волынь”
- Persian: “وولینیا”
- Polish: “Wołyń”
- Portuguese: “Volínia”
- Romanian: “Volânia”
- Russian: “Volyn’”
- Russian: “Волынь”
- Rusyn: “Волинь”
- Rusyn: “Волынь”
- Serbian: “Волинија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Volinj”
- Slovenian: “Volinija”
- Spanish: “Volinia”
- Swedish: “Volynien”
- Turkish: “Volhinya”
- Ukrainian: “Волинь”
- Upper Sorbian: “Wołynska”
- Urdu: “وولہینیا”
- Vietnamese: “Volhynia”
- Western Frisian: “Wolhynje”
- Western Panjabi: “ولین”
- Yiddish: “וואהלין”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Znamyrivka and Lypne.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Bazaltovi Stovpy and Suskyi Nature Reserve.
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