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Shortening of сільска рада (silʹska rada).

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сільра́да (silʹrádaf inan (genitive сільра́ди, nominative plural сільра́ди, genitive plural сільра́д)

  1. Rural council, village Soviet, village council (rural administrative division of the UkSSR and of contemporary Ukraine)
  2. Rural council, village council, village soviet (rural administrative body of the UkSSR and of contemporary Ukraine)
    • 1957, Анатолій Шиян, Баланда, page 115:
      Винесли стола, покритого кумачем. Сіли за тим столом голова сільради та секретар.
      Vynesly stola, pokrytoho kumačem. Sily za tym stolom holova silʹrady ta sekretar.
      A table covered with kumach was brought out. The chairman of the village council and the secretary sat at that table.
  3. the building in which this institution is housed
    Пам'ятник Леніну навпроти сільради — білий, як голуб, а навкруги дерева зеленіють.
    Pamʺjatnyk Leninu navproty silʹrady — bilyj, jak holub, a navkruhy dereva zelenijutʹ.
    The monument to Lenin in front of the Village Council is white as a dove, and the trees around it are turning green.

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