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het rayon

region

noun · /raːˈjɔn/

Its article is not one a rule predicts. Why het rayon?

Forms

Article
het rayon
Plural
de rayons
Diminutive
het rayonnetje
Also means
regional section, subdivision
How common
in everyday Dutch

In a sentence

Hij beheert dit rayon al jaren.

He has managed this region for years.

De postbode kent elk huis in zijn rayon.

The postman knows every house in his region.

Dat hele rayon is kwetsbaar voor overstromingen.

That entire region is vulnerable to floods.

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