Zemstvo Definition

zĕmstvō, zyĕmstvə
zemstva, zemstvos
noun
A local administrative body in czarist Russia.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Zemstvo

Noun

Singular:
zemstvo
Plural:
zemstva, zemstvos

Origin of Zemstvo

  • From Russian земство (zémstvo), from земля (zemljá, “land", “country", “state").

    From Wiktionary

  • Russian from Old Russian zemĭ land dhghem- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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