Vojvodina - Name

Name

The name "Vojvodina" in Serbian means a type of duchy – more specifically, a voivodeship. It derives from the word "vojvoda" (See: voivode) which stems from the Proto-Slavic language word "voevoda". Those words are etymologically connected with modern-day words "vojnik" (soldier) and "voditi" (to lead). Its original name (from 1848) was the "Serbian Voivodeship" (Srpska Vojvodina).

The full official names of the province in all official languages of Vojvodina are:

• Serbian: Аутономна Покрајина Војводина, Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina
• Hungarian: Vajdaság Autonóm Tartomány
• Slovak: Autonómna Oblasť Vojvodina
• Romanian: Provincia Autonomă Voivodina
• Croatian: Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina
• Pannonian Rusyn: Автономна Покраїна Войводина (Avtonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina)

Names in other languages that are not official in the province, but that are spoken by some local inhabitants:

• Montenegrin: Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina, Аутономна Покрајина Војводина
• Romani: Voyvodina
• Bunjevac dialect: Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina
• Macedonian: Автономна Покраина Војводина (Avtonomna Pokraina Vojvodina)
• Ukrainian: Автономний край Воєводина (Avtonomnyi krai Voievodina)
• Bosnian: Autonomna Pokrajina Vojvodina
• German: Autonome Provinz Woiwodina
• Slovene: Avtonomna pokrajina Vojvodina
• Albanian: Krahina Autonome e Vojvodinës
• Bulgarian: Автономна област Войводина (Avtonomna oblast Voyvodina)
• Czech: Autonomní oblast Vojvodina
• Russian: Автономный край Воеводина (Avtonomny kray Voyevodina)
• Greek: Αυτόνομη Επαρχία της Βοϊβοδίνα (Aftónomi Eparchía tis Voïvodína)