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Raion logo #10101) Italian fabric 2) Type of country subdivision
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Raion

Raion logo #21000 A raion (also rayon) (pl. raiony) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states (such as part of an oblast). The term, which is from French `rayon` (meaning `honeycomb, department`), describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as `district`. The term `raion`...
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raion

raion logo #23798A low-level territorial and administrative subdivision for rural and municipal administration. A rural raion was a county-sized district in a krai, oblast, autonomous republic, autonomous okrug, or union republic. A city raion was similar to a borough in some large cities in the United States.
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raion

raion logo #23797A low-level territorial and administrative subdivision for rural and municipal administration. A rural raion was a county-sized district in a krai (q.v.), oblast (q.v.), autonomous republic (q.v.), autonomous okrug (q.v.), or union republic (q.v.). A city raion was similar to a borough in some large cities in the United States.
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raion logo #21751(pl., raioane in Romanian; rayon / rayony in Belarusian and Russian) A low-level territorial and administrative subdivision, roughly equivalent to a county in the United States. Originally used by the Soviet Union.
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