noun. A political division comparable to a township; also, a district of the country.

noun. A type of chromatic button accordion developed in Russia in the early 20th century and named after 11th-century bard Boyan.

"The opening of the next piece, a concerto from 2009 for a Russian form of accordion called the bayan, was as deeply serious as Prokofiev's was light."

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