"oblast" meaning in English

See oblast in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɒblæst/, /ˈɒblɑːst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-oblast.wav [Southern-England] Forms: oblasts [plural], oblasti [plural]
Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|sla}} Slavic, {{der|en|ru|о́бласть|t=region, province}} Russian о́бласть (óblastʹ, “region, province”), {{der|en|cu|область}} Old Church Slavonic область (oblastĭ), {{der|en|sla-pro|*obolstь}} Proto-Slavic *obolstь, {{m|sla-pro|*obvolstь}} *obvolstь, {{m|sla-pro|*obvoldtь}} *obvoldtь, {{m|sla-pro|*o(b)-|t=over}} *o(b)- (“over”), {{m|sla-pro|*volstь|t=rule, power, authority}} *volstь (“rule, power, authority”), {{cog|sla-pro|*obvoldati|t=to rule}} Proto-Slavic *obvoldati (“to rule”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|oblasti}} oblast (plural oblasts or oblasti)
  1. A region or province in Slavic or Slavic-influenced countries. Wikipedia link: oblast Categories (topical): Administrative divisions, Russian politics Categories (place): Belarus, Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine Derived forms: autonomous oblast Related terms: krai Translations (region or province): аабласт (aablastʼ) (Abkhaz), oblast (Afrikaans), أُوبْلَاسْت (ʔōblast, ʔūblāst) [masculine] (Arabic), շրջան (šrǰan) (Armenian), մարզ (marz) (Armenian), vilayət (Azerbaijani), өлкә (ölkə) (Bashkir), oblast (Basque), во́бласць (vóblascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), во́бласьць (vóblasʹcʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), о́бласт (óblast) [feminine] (Bulgarian), о́бласть (óblastʹ) [feminine] (Carpathian Rusyn), óblast (Catalan), латтдоза (lattdoza) (Chechen), область (oblastʲ) (Chechen), (zhōu) (Chinese Mandarin), oblast [feminine] (Czech), oblast (Danish), oblast (Dutch), oblasto (Esperanto), oblast (Estonian), oblasti (Finnish), alue (Finnish), oblast [masculine] (French), მხარე (mxare) (Georgian), ოლქი (olki) (Georgian), ობლასტი (oblasṭi) [colloquial] (Georgian), Oblast [feminine, masculine] (German), אובלסט (oblast) (Hebrew), ओब्लास्त (oblāst) (Hindi), terület (Hungarian), körzet (Hungarian), régió (Hungarian), oblast (Indonesian), oblasti (Ingrian), oblast' (Italian), オーブラスチ (ōburasuchi) (Japanese), oblast (Javanese), облыс (oblys) (Kazakh), 오블라스티 (obeullaseuti) (Korean), облус (oblus) (Kyrgyz), о́бласт (óblast) [feminine] (Macedonian), oblast (Northern Kurdish), oblast (Norwegian), оболость (obolostĭ) [feminine] (Old East Slavic), облӕст (oblæst) (Ossetian), ابلاست (oblâst) (Persian), obwód [masculine] (Polish), óblast (Portuguese), ਆਬਲਸਤ (ābalsat) (Punjabi), oblast (Romanian), о́бласть (óblastʹ) [feminine] (Russian), о̏бла̄ст [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ȍblāst [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), oblasť [feminine] (Slovak), oblast [feminine] (Slovene), óblast (Spanish), oblast (Swedish), вилоят (viloyat) (Tajik), өлкә (ölkä) (Tatar), oblast (Turkish), welaýat (Turkmen), о́бласть (óblastʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), oblast (Uzbek), viloyat (Uzbek), oblast (Vietnamese), уобалас (uobalas) (Yakut), געגנט (gegnt) [feminine] (Yiddish), אָבלאַסט (oblast) [feminine, masculine] (Yiddish)

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "vóblascʹ",
          "sense": "region or province",
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            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "vóblasʹcʹ",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "tags": [
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        },
        {
          "code": "rue",
          "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
          "roman": "óblastʹ",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "tags": [
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        },
        {
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        {
          "code": "ce",
          "lang": "Chechen",
          "roman": "lattdoza",
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          "word": "латтдоза"
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          "lang": "Chechen",
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          "word": "область"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhōu",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "州"
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          "lang": "Czech",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "oblast"
        },
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "oblasto"
        },
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "region or province",
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        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "oblasti"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "alue"
        },
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "oblast"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mxare",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "მხარე"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "olki",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "ოლქი"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "oblasṭi",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "ობლასტი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Oblast"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "oblast",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "אובלסט"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "oblāst",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "ओब्लास्त"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "terület"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "körzet"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "régió"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "oblast"
        },
        {
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "oblasti"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "oblast'"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ōburasuchi",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "オーブラスチ"
        },
        {
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "oblast"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "oblys",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "облыс"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "obeullaseuti",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "오블라스티"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "oblast"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "oblus",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "облус"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "óblast",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "о́бласт"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "oblast"
        },
        {
          "code": "orv",
          "lang": "Old East Slavic",
          "roman": "obolostĭ",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "оболость"
        },
        {
          "code": "os",
          "lang": "Ossetian",
          "roman": "oblæst",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "облӕст"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "oblâst",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "ابلاست"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "obwód"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "óblast"
        },
        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "ābalsat",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "ਆਬਲਸਤ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "oblast"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "óblastʹ",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "о́бласть"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
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          "tags": [
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            "feminine"
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        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
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          "word": "ȍblāst"
        },
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "oblasť"
        },
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "oblast"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "óblast"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "oblast"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "viloyat",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "вилоят"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "ölkä",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "өлкә"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "oblast"
        },
        {
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "welaýat"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "óblastʹ",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "о́бласть"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "oblast"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "viloyat"
        },
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "region or province",
          "word": "oblast"
        },
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          "code": "sah",
          "lang": "Yakut",
          "roman": "uobalas",
          "sense": "region or province",
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        },
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          "code": "yi",
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          "sense": "region or province",
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          ],
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          "code": "yi",
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          "roman": "oblast",
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            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "אָבלאַסט"
        }
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        "oblast"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈɒblæst/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒblɑːst/"
    },
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}
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    }
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      },
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    },
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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    },
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    }
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "plural"
      ]
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    }
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms derived from Old Church Slavonic",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Slavic",
        "English terms derived from Russian",
        "English terms derived from Slavic languages",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "en:Administrative divisions",
        "en:Belarus",
        "en:Bulgaria",
        "en:Russia",
        "en:Russian politics",
        "en:Ukraine",
        "en:Ukrainian politics"
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        {
          "ref": "1979, Jerry Fincher Hough, How the Soviet Union Is Governed, page 483",
          "text": "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 American state in size.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Kathryn Stoner-Weiss, Local Heroes: The Political Economy of Russian Regional Governance, page 119",
          "text": "It is important to note, however, that the general pattern of Nizhnii Novgorod oblast at the top and Tiumen' and Yaroslavl' oblasts in the middle, with Saratov at the bottom, occurred too often across all indicators to assume that even those differences in means that were not significant at a .05 confidence level or better occurred merely by chance.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Martha Brill Olcott, Kazakhstan: Unfulfilled Promise, page 194",
          "text": "Almaty oblast (distinct from Almaty city) is the most rural of Kazakhstan's oblasts, at just 22.2 percent urban.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      ],
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          "region"
        ],
        [
          "province",
          "province"
        ],
        [
          "Slavic",
          "Slavic"
        ],
        [
          "countries",
          "countries"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "oblast"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒblæst/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒblɑːst/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
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      "code": "ab",
      "lang": "Abkhaz",
      "roman": "aablastʼ",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "аабласт"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "oblast"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔōblast, ʔūblāst",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "أُوبْلَاسْت"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "šrǰan",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "շրջան"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "marz",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "մարզ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "vilayət"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "ölkə",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "өлкә"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "oblast"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vóblascʹ",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "во́бласць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "vóblasʹcʹ",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "во́бласьць"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "óblast",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "о́бласт"
    },
    {
      "code": "rue",
      "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
      "roman": "óblastʹ",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "о́бласть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "óblast"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "lattdoza",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "латтдоза"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "oblastʲ",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "область"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhōu",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "州"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oblast"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "oblast"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "oblast"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "oblasto"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "oblast"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "oblasti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "alue"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "oblast"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mxare",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "მხარე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "olki",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "ოლქი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "oblasṭi",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "ობლასტი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Oblast"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "oblast",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "אובלסט"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "oblāst",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "ओब्लास्त"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "terület"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "körzet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "régió"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "oblast"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "oblasti"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "oblast'"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ōburasuchi",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "オーブラスチ"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "oblast"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "oblys",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "облыс"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "obeullaseuti",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "오블라스티"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "oblast"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "oblus",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "облус"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "óblast",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "о́бласт"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "oblast"
    },
    {
      "code": "orv",
      "lang": "Old East Slavic",
      "roman": "obolostĭ",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "оболость"
    },
    {
      "code": "os",
      "lang": "Ossetian",
      "roman": "oblæst",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "облӕст"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "oblâst",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "ابلاست"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "obwód"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "óblast"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "ābalsat",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "ਆਬਲਸਤ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "oblast"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "óblastʹ",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "о́бласть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "о̏бла̄ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ȍblāst"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oblasť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "oblast"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "óblast"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "oblast"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "viloyat",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "вилоят"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "ölkä",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "өлкә"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "oblast"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "welaýat"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "óblastʹ",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "о́бласть"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "oblast"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "viloyat"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "oblast"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "uobalas",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "word": "уобалас"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "gegnt",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "געגנט"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "oblast",
      "sense": "region or province",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אָבלאַסט"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oblast"
}

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