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Polish: Kijowszczyzna

English translation: name of a regional capital (the Kiev region)



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Polish term or phrase:Kijowszczyzna
English translation:name of a regional capital (the Kiev region)
Entered by:FishX
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Polish term or phrase: Kijowszczyzna
Znaczną wartość posiada zbiór średniowiecznych mosiężnych krzyżyków relikwiarzowych – tzw. enkolpiony (XII–XV wiek). Należą do spuścizny Rusi Kijowskiej, są znaleziskami archeologicznymi z terenów Kijowszczyzny i Wołynia.
FishX
Poland
Clarification request(s) and response
A.G.: 10:51am Nov 22, 2006: Your question, your right to select the best answer. But why did you input this answer (in full) to the glossary? The Kiev region is O.K. Name of a regional capital is just rubbish

name of a regional capital
Explanation:
Kijów means Kiev...the suffix "-szczyzna" is added to the names of regional capitals, as in "Grodzienszczyzna" ("Grodno region").
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Christina Taylor
United States
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thx, CM!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4The Kiev land (Kijowszczyzna)A.G.
4east Ukraine area
ironsz
4name of a regional capitalChristina Taylor
3Kievian
Caryl Swift


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
name of a regional capital

Explanation:
Kijów means Kiev...the suffix "-szczyzna" is added to the names of regional capitals, as in "Grodzienszczyzna" ("Grodno region").

Christina Taylor
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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thx, CM!
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50 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
east Ukraine area

Explanation:
a Wołyń - to chyba north western ....

ironsz
Poland
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 28
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
The Kiev land (Kijowszczyzna)

Explanation:
or in the opposite order?
Our Homeland [The Voice of Russia]
... Vladimir-Suzdal principality evolved into a separate one, the Veliko-Ross one that was quite different from the one that had inhabited the Kiev land. ...
www.vor.ru/English/homeland/home_004.html - 17k - Kopia - Podobne strony

A.G.
Poland
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Dominika Juszczyk: dałabym 'region' zamiast 'land' :)
3 mins
  -> dziękuje; land brzmiał mi nieco b. historycznie

agree SzIwonka: tez jestem za region :)
4 hrs
  -> dziękuję

agree bajbus: a ja jestem za land, to powinno brzmiec, jak mówi Dominika, historycznie // Słusznie, przepraszam, i podtrzymuje swoje zdanie:)
15 hrs
  -> dziękuję (to był mój komentarz)

agree legawa
16 hrs
  -> dziekuję
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1 day2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Kievian

Explanation:
the Kievian lands

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Caryl Swift
Poland
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 52
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