Volhynia, Volynia, or Volyn (Ukrainian: Волинь, Russian: Волы́нь, Volyn'; Polish: Wołyń, Lithuanian: Voluinė or Volynė; Czech: Volyň, Hungarian: Volhinia, German: Wolhynien or Wolynien, Yiddish: Volin װאָלין‎) is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe straddling Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus. The alternate name for the region is Lodomeria after the city of Volodymyr-Volynsky (Vo-Lodymer) that once was a political capital of the medieval Volhynian Principality.