merged into Ternopil Raion. Name Vivsia derived from the Ukrainian words овес (oves), вовес (voves), говес (hoves), means avena in English. Vivsia on Austrian...

to Marian Fell's translation. In Russian its Ovsov (Овсов) coming from "овёс", which is "oat". Some later translations give the English variant as Oates...