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.
- Region with about 9,390,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 180 metres (600 feet)
- Description: historical region in south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine
- Also known as“Volyn”“Volynia”“Volynskaya Zemlya”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kholonevychi.
Volhynia
- Category: Ukrainian historical regions
- Location
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Volhynia” goes by many names.
فولينياArabic
ՎոլինArmenian
VoliniaBasque
ВалыньBelarusian
ВолинияBulgarian
VolíniaCatalan
沃伦Chinese
沃倫Chinese
沃文Chinese
VolinijaCroatian
VolinjCroatian
VolyňCzech
VolhynienDanish
WolyniëDutch
VolinioEsperanto
VolõõniaEstonian
VolyniaFinnish
VoliniaGalician
ვოლინიGeorgian
ΒολινίαGreek
ΒολυνίαGreek
ווהליןHebrew
VolhíniaHungarian
VoliniaIdo
VolhiniaIndonesian
VolhyniaIndonesian
VoliniaItalian
ヴォルィーニJapanese
ВолыньKirghiz
볼히니아Korean
VolhyniaLatin
VolīnijaLatvian
VoluinėLithuanian
VolynėLithuanian
WołyńskaLower Sorbian
ВолињаMacedonian
VolhyniaNorwegian
VolhyniaNorwegian Bokmål
VolhyniaNorwegian Nynorsk
ВолыньOssetian
وولینیاPersian
WołyńPolish
VolâniaRomanian
Volyn’Russian
ВолыньRussian
ВолиньRusyn
ВолыньRusyn
ВолинијаSerbian
VolinjSerbo-Croatian
VolinijaSlovenian
VolynienSwedish
VolhinyaTurkish
ВолиньUkrainian
WołyńskaUpper Sorbian
وولہینیاUrdu
VolhyniaVietnamese
WolhynjeWestern Frisian
ولینWestern Panjabi
וואהליןYiddish
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