Voivodeship
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{{Commonscat|Flags of Voivodships of Poland}}
[[Image:Wojewodztwa.svg|thumb|right|250px|Polish voivodeships since 1999]]
[[Image:Vojvodina map02.png|thumb|right|250px|Map of [[Vojvodina]]]]
:''This article concerns both historical and contemporary voivodeships in various countries. For more on the divisions of modern and historical Poland, see [[Voivodeships of Poland]].''
A '''voivodeship''', also spelled '''voivodship''', '''voivodina''' or '''vojvodina''' ([[Polish language|Polish]]: ''województwo'', [[Romanian language|Romanian]]: ''voievodat'', [[Serbian language|Serbian]]: ''vojvodina'' (војводина), ''vojvodstvo'' (војводство) or ''vojvodovina'' (војводовина), [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]: ''vajdaság'', [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]]: ''vaivadija'', [[Latin]] ''Palatinatus'' in Poland), is a type of [[administrative division]] dating to medieval [[Poland]], [[Romania]], [[Hungary]], [[Lithuania]], [[Latvia]], [[Russia]] and [[Serbia]] (see [[Vojvodina]]), ruled by a [[voivode]] (''wojewoda'', ''voivod''). The voivode (literal meaning: "the one who leads the warriors", equivalent to Dux Exercituum or [[Herzog (name)|Herzog]]) was originally the military commander next to the ruler.
Contemporarily, the term (or its variant spelling ''voivodship'') is used for the [[Voivodeships of Poland|''województwa'']] (provinces) of Poland, of which there are currently 16. There is also an autonomous province of [[Vojvodina]] in Serbia. The word "voivodeship" appears in some of the larger English dictionaries, such as the [[OED]] and [[Webster's Third New International Dictionary]], although it is not in common usage. Depending on the context, historical voivodeships may also be referred to as duchies, provinces, palatinates, or administrative districts. The voivodeships of modern Poland are sometimes called provinces or regions.
==List of Voivodeships==
===Modern===
* [[Serbia]]:
** [[Vojvodina]]
* [[Poland]]:
** [[Greater Poland Voivodeship]] (''województwo wielkopolskie'')
** [[Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship]] (''województwo kujawsko-pomorskie'')
** [[Lesser Poland Voivodeship]] (''województwo małopolskie'')
** [[Łódź Voivodeship]] (''województwo łódzkie'')
** [[Lower Silesian Voivodeship]] (''województwo dolnośląskie'')
** [[Lublin Voivodeship]] (''województwo lubelskie'')
** [[Lubusz Voivodeship]] (''województwo lubuskie'')
** [[Masovian Voivodeship]] (''województwo mazowieckie'')
** [[Opole Voivodeship]] (''województwo opolskie'')
** [[Podlaskie Voivodeship]] (''województwo podlaskie'')
** [[Pomeranian Voivodeship]] (''województwo pomorskie'')
** [[Silesian Voivodeship]] (''województwo śląskie'')
** [[Subcarpathian Voivodeship]] (''województwo podkarpackie'')
** [[Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship]] (''województwo świętokrzyskie'')
** [[Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship]] (''województwo warmińsko-mazurskie'')
** [[West Pomeranian Voivodeship]] (''województwo zachodniopomorskie'')
===Historical===
[[Image:Romania 1600-mod.png|thumb|right|250px|Principality of Transylvania and the two Romanian voivodeships ruled by [[Mihai Viteazul]] in 1600]]
[[Image:Vojvodina03.png|thumb|right|250px|[[Serbian Vojvodina|Serbian Voivodina]] (1848-1849)]]
[[Image:Serbia02.png|thumb|right|250px|[[Voivodship of Serbia and Tamiš Banat|Voivodina of Serbia and Tamiš Banat]] (1849-1860)]]
[[Image:Poland administrative division 1922 literki.png|thumb|right|250px|Voivodeships of [[Poland]] (1921-1939)]]
* Historical voivodeships in the territory of modern [[Romania]] and [[Republic of Moldova]]:
** [[Wallachia]]
** [[Moldavia]]
* Historical voivodeships in the territory of modern [[Serbia]]:
** [[Salan|Voivodeship of Salan]] (9th-10th century)
** [[Sermon (ruler)|Voivodeship of Sermon]] (11th century)
** [[Radoslav Čelnik|Voivodeship of Syrmia of Radoslav Čelnik]] (1527-1530)
** [[Serbian Vojvodina|Serbian Voivodina]] (1848-1849)
** [[Voivodship of Serbia and Tamiš Banat|Voivodina of Serbia and Tamiš Banat]] (1849-1860)
* Historical voivodeships in the territory of modern [[Romania]] and [[Serbia]]:
** [[Glad (duke)|Voivodeship of Glad]] (9th-10th century)
** [[Ahtum|Voivodeship of Ahtum]] (11th century)
* Voivodeships in the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]] (1569-1795)
**[[Poznań Voivodeship]]
**[[Kalisz Voivodeship]]
**[[Gniezno Voivodeship]]
**[[Sieradz Voivodeship]]
**[[Łęczyca Voivodeship]]
**[[Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship]]
**[[Inowrocław Voivodeship]]
**[[Chełmno Voivodeship]]
**[[Malbork Voivodeship]]
**[[Pomeranian Voivodeship]]
**[[Płock Voivodeship]]
**[[Rawa Voivodeship]]
**[[Masovian Voivodeship]]
**[[Kraków Voivodeship]]
**[[Sandomierz Voivodeship]]
**[[Lublin Voivodeship]]
**[[Podlasie Voivodeship]]
**[[Ruthenian Voivodeship]]
**[[Bełz Voivodeship]]
**[[Wołyń Voivodeship (1569–1795)|Wolhynia Voivodeship]]
**[[Podole Voivodeship]]
**[[Bracław Voivodeship]]
**[[Kijów Voivodeship]]
**[[Czernihów Voivodeship]]
* Voivodeships in the historical [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]]:
** [[Vilnius Voivodeship]]
** [[Trakai Voivodeship]]
** [[Nowogródek Voivodeship (1507-1795)|Nowogródek Voivodeship]]
** [[Brest-Litovsk Voivodeship]]
** [[Minsk Voivodeship]]
** [[Mścisław Voivodeship]]
** [[Smolensk Voivodeship]]
** [[Vitebsk Voivodeship]]
** [[Połock Voivodeship]]
* Voivodeships in the historical [[Duchy of Livonia]]:
** [[Wenden Voivodship]] (1598-1620)
** [[Dorpat Voivodship]] (1598-1620)
** [[Parnava Voivodship]] (1598-1620)
** [[Livonian Voivodship]] (since 1620s)
* Voivodeships of [[Poland]] (1921-1939):
**[[Autonomous Silesian Voivodeship]]
**[[Białystok Voivodeship]]
**[[Kielce Voivodeship]]
**[[Kraków Voivodeship]]
**[[Łódź Voivodeship]]
**[[Lublin Voivodeship]]
**[[Lwów Voivodeship]]
**[[Nowogródek Voivodeship (1919-1939)|Nowogródek Voivodeship]]
**[[Polesie Voivodeship]]
**[[Pomeranian Voivodeship]]
**[[Poznań Voivodeship]]
**[[Stanisławów Voivodeship]]
**[[Tarnopol Voivodeship]]
**[[Wołyń Voivodeship (1921–1939)|Volhynian Voivodeship]]
**[[Warsaw Voivodeship]]
**[[Wilno Voivodeship]]
* Voivodeships of [[Poland]] (1945-1975):
**[[Białystok Voivodeship]]
**[[Bydgoszcz Voivodeship]]
**[[Gdańsk Voivodeship]]
**[[Katowice Voivodeship]]
**[[Kielce Voivodeship]]
**[[Koszalin Voivodeship]]
**[[Kraków Voivodeship]]
**[[Łódź Voivodeship]]
**[[Lublin Voivodeship]]
**[[Olsztyn Voivodeship]]
**[[Opole Voivodeship]]
**[[Poznań Voivodeship]]
**[[Rzeszów Voivodeship]]
**[[Szczecin Voivodeship]]
**[[Warsaw Voivodeship]]
**[[Wrocław Voivodeship]]
**[[Zielona Góra Voivodeship]]
* Voivodeships of [[Poland]] (1975-1998):
**[[Biała Podlaska Voivodeship]]
**[[Białystok Voivodeship]]
**[[Bielsko-Biała Voivodeship]]
**[[Bydgoszcz Voivodeship]]
**[[Chełm Voivodeship]]
**[[Ciechanów Voivodeship]]
**[[Częstochowa Voivodeship]]
**[[Elbląg Voivodeship]]
**[[Gdańsk Voivodeship]]
**[[Gorzów Voivodeship]]
**[[Jelenia Góra Voivodeship]]
**[[Kalisz Voivodeship]]
**[[Katowice Voivodeship]]
**[[Kielce Voivodeship]]
**[[Konin Voivodeship]]
**[[Koszalin Voivodeship]]
**[[Kraków Voivodeship]]
**[[Krosno Voivodeship]]
**[[Legnica Voivodeship]]
**[[Leszno Voivodeship]]
**[[Łódź Voivodeship]]
**[[Łomża Voivodeship]]
**[[Lublin Voivodeship]]
**[[Nowy Sacz Voivodeship]]
**[[Olsztyn Voivodeship]]
**[[Opole Voivodeship]]
**[[Ostrołęka Voivodeship]]
**[[Piotrków Voivodeship]]
**[[Piła Voivodeship]]
**[[Poznań Voivodeship]]
**[[Przemyśl Voivodeship]]
**[[Płock Voivodeship]]
**[[Radom Voivodeship]]
**[[Rzeszów Voivodeship]]
**[[Siedlce Voivodeship]]
**[[Sieradz Voivodeship]]
**[[Skierniewice Voivodeship]]
**[[Suwałki Voivodeship]]
**[[Szczecin Voivodeship]]
**[[Słupsk Voivodeship]]
**[[Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship]]
**[[Tarnów Voivodeship]]
**[[Toruń Voivodeship]]
**[[Warsaw Voivodeship]]
**[[Wałbrzych Voivodeship]]
**[[Wrocław Voivodeship]]
**[[Włocławek Voivodeship]]
**[[Zamość Voivodeship]]
**[[Zielona Góra Voivodeship]]
==See also==
* [[Voivode]]
* [[Voivodeships of Poland]]
* [[Vojvodina]]
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