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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- A city of northeast Belarus on the Western Dvina River northeast of Minsk. First mentioned in 1021, it later passed to Lithuania (14th century), Poland (16th century), and Russia (18th century). Population: 343,000.
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“Belarus6 provinces (voblastsi, singular - voblasts ') and 1 municipality* (horad); Brest, Homyel', Horad Minsk*, Hrodna, Mahilyow, Minsk, Vitsyebsk note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers”
“Administrative divisions: 6 provinces (voblastsi, singular - voblasts ') and 1 municipality* (horad); Brest, Homyel', Horad Minsk*, Hrodna, Mahilyow, Minsk, Vitsyebsk note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers”
“This time round I spotted the relationship between some of the 1912 photos of Vitebsk, Belarus (aka, in Belarusian, Vitsyebsk).”
“Mahilyowskaya (Mahilyow), Minskaya, Vitsyebskaya (Vitsyebsk) note: voblasti have the administrative center name following in parentheses”
“Mahilyow, Minsk, Vitsyebsk note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers”
“Vitsyebsk note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers”
“(Mahilyow), Minskaya, Vitsyebskaya (Vitsyebsk); note - when using a place name with the adjectival ending 'skaya' the word voblasts 'should be added to the place name note: voblasti have the administrative center name following in parentheses”
“Mahilyowskaya (Mahilyow), Minskaya, Vitsyebskaya (Vitsyebsk); note - when using a place name with the adjectival ending 'skaya' the word voblasts 'should be added to the place name note: voblasti have the administrative center name following in parentheses”
“Mahilyowskaya (Mahilyow), Minskaya, Vitsyebskaya (Vitsyebsk) note: the administrative centers of the voblastsi are included in parentheses”
“Vitsyebskaya (Vitsyebsk) note: the administrative centers of the voblastsi are included in parentheses”
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