Yakut edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian район (rajon). Related with English raion, but not region.

Noun edit

оройуон (oroyuon)

  1. raion, region
    Саха сирин хотугу оройуоннараSaqa sirin qotugu oroyuonnarathe northern regions / districts of Yakutia
  2. (colloquial) (by synecdoche) district center