Lodomeria is a
placename that was historically used to refer to parts of East-Central Europe, but with a meaning that shifted over time. The word is a
Latinized form of the (dubious) , likely in turn from
Old East Slavic, meaning "lands of Vladimir". This refers either directly to the ruler of
Kievan Rus,
Vladimir the Great (therefore meaning the lands conquered by him), or else refers to the city he founded and named for himself in CE 987,
Wlodimer (or Volodymyr).