oblast

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From a Slavonic language, probably Russian область (óblast’), region, province), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic область (oblast’), from Proto-Slavic *obolstь, from earlier Proto-Slavic *obvolstь, *obvoldtь, a compound of *o(b)- (over) + *volstь (rule, power, authority), thus originally probably meaning "a region ruled over". Compare Proto-Slavic *obvoldati (to rule).

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Singular
oblast

Plural
oblasts

oblast (plural oblasts)

  1. A region or province.

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[edit] Czech

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From Proto-Slavic *obolstь.

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oblast f.

  1. area (particular geographic region)

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From Proto-Slavic *obolstь.

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ȍblāst f. (Cyrillic spelling о̏бла̄ст)

  1. district, region
  2. area, zone
  3. province

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