Definitions For Voivode

Noun

VOIVODE (plural VOIVODEs) A local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe, especially early semi-independent rulers of Transylvania. An administrative chief in modern Poland. {{rel-top, obsolete and less common forms}} woywod {{qualifier, obsolete}} waywode {{qualifier, obsolete}} voivoda {{qualifier, archaic}} waiwode {{qualifier, archaic}} voyvode voievod vayvode {{qualifier, obsolete}} voevode voievode voyevode vaivoda {{qualifier, obsolete}} waivode wojewod vojvod voievoda voyvod wojwode {{qualifier, obsolete}} vaivod {{qualifier, obsolete}} vojevoda woyewoda vaiwode {{qualifier, obsolete}} vayvoda {{qualifier, obsolete}} waywod {{qualifier, obsolete}} wayvode {{qualifier, obsolete}} vaywode {{qualifier, obsolete}} waywoda {{qualifier, obsolete, uncommon}} {{rel-mid}} woywoda {{qualifier, obsolete, uncommon}} wojwoda {{qualifier, obsolete, uncommon}} woivode {{qualifier, obsolete, uncommon}} woiwoda {{qualifier, obsolete, uncommon}} wojwod {{qualifier, uncommon}} woiwoda {{qualifier, obsolete, uncommon}} waivod {{qualifier, obsolete, uncommon}} wayvoda {{qualifier, obsolete, uncommon}} waiwod {{qualifier, rare}} woewoda {{qualifier, rare}} waiwoda {{qualifier, obsolete, rare}} woiewoda {{qualifier, obsolete, rare}} vojevode {{qualifier, rare}} woiewode {{qualifier, rare}} vojevod {{qualifier, rare}} wayvod {{qualifier, obsolete, rare}} woyewode {{qualifier, obsolete, rare}} woyvode {{qualifier, obsolete, rare}} voywode {{qualifier, obsolete, very rare}} woewod {{qualifier, very rare}} wayvod {{qualifier, obsolete, very rare}} woyewode {{qualifier, obsolete, very rare}} woyvode {{qualifier, obsolete, very rare}} voywode {{qualifier, obsolete, very rare}} woiewod {{qualifier, very rare}} woewode {{qualifier, obsolete, very rare}} {{rel-bottom}}

Derived terms

voivodeship

Related terms

Vojvodina

Translations

Belarusian: ваяво́да, m, sc=Cyrl Bulgarian: войво̀да, m Chinese: : Mandarin: 軍政長官, sc=Hani}}, {{t, cmn, 军政长官 (jūnzhèng zhǎngguān, sc=Hani) Czech: vévoda, m, vejvoda, m Finnish: voivodi French: voïvode, m German: Wojewode, m, Woiwode, m Greek: βοεβόδας, m, sc=Grek Hungarian: vaida Japanese: ヴォイヴォダ (voivoda, sc=Jpan) Kashubian: wòjewòda, m Latin: voivoda, f Latvian: vojevoda, m Lithuanian: vaivada, m Macedonian: во́јвода, m, sc=Cyrl Old Church Slavonic: : Cyrillic: воѥвода, m, sc=Cyrs Polabian: våjvåda, m Polish: wojewoda, m Portuguese: voivoda, m Romanian: voievod, m Russian: воево́да, m Serbo-Croatian: : Cyrillic: војвода, m : Roman: vojvoda, m Slovak: vojvoda, m Slovene: vojvoda, m Spanish: voevoda, m, vaivoda, voivoda Turkish: : Ottoman Turkish: ویوده‎ (voyvoda, vayvoda) : Modern Turkish: voyvoda, vayvoda Ukrainian: воєво́да, m, sc=Cyrl Yakut: бойобуода, sc=Cyrl Yiddish: וואָיעוואָדע, m Belarusian: ваяво́да, m, sc=Cyrl Finnish: voivodi Hungarian: vajda Kashubian: wòjewòda, m Polish: wojewoda, m Russian: воево́да, m Ukrainian: воєво́да, m, sc=Cyrl

Alternative forms

{{alter, en, woiwode, voevoda, voivod, vojvoda, voevod, vaivode, wojewoda, voyvoda, voyevoda, woywode, vojvode}}

Etymology

Variously from a number of Slavic languages from {{der, en, sla-pro, *vojevoda}}.