oblast

o·blast

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [ob-last, -lahst; Russian aw-bluh st]
- /ˈɒb læst, -lɑst; Russian ˈɔ bləst/
- /ˈɒblæst/

Definitions of oblast word

noun plural oblast (in Russia and the Soviet Union) an administrative division corresponding to an autonomous province. 1
noun plural oblast region; province. 1
noun oblast An administrative division or region in Russia and the former Soviet Union, and in some of its former constituent republics. 1
noun oblast an administrative division of the constituent republics of Russia 0
noun oblast an administrative and territorial division in some republics of the former Soviet Union 0
noun oblast an administrative subdivision, or region, of a republic in the U.S.S.R. 0

before 1885

One of the 21% newest English words

1885-90; < Russian óblast', Old Russian oblastĭ, equivalent to ob- against, on + vlastĭ authority, power; see volost

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