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oblast

/ˈɒblæst/
/ˈɒblɑːst/

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From a Slavic language, probably Russian о́бласть (óblastʹ, “region, province”), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic область (oblastĭ), from Proto-Slavic *obolstь, from earlier *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”).

noun oblasts · oblasti

A region or province in Slavic or Slavic-influenced countries. The territorial subdivision below the level of the union republic — or at least below the level of the larger union republics — is that of the oblast, the krai, or the autonomous republic. In 1977 there were 120 oblasts, 6 krais, and 20 autonomous republics, and they corresponded roughly to the Amer

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noun region or province

Español	óblast
한국어	오블라스티 obeullaseuti
日本語	オーブラスチ ōburasuchi
हिन्दी	ओब्लास्त oblāst
Português	óblast
Français	oblast
Deutsch	Oblast
Italiano	oblast'
Ελληνικά	όμπλαστ ómplast
Română	oblastie
Русский	о́бласть óblastʹ
Tiếng Việt	oblast
العربية	أُوبْلَاسْت ʔūblāst, أُوبْلَاسْت ʔōblast
עברית	אובלסט óblast

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@misc{oblast_2026,
  title = {oblast},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oblast},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}