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oblast.

A region or province in Slavic or Slavic-influenced countries.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɒblæst//ˈɒblɑːst/
  1. A region or province in Slavic or Slavic-influenced countries.

Where this word comes from

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”).

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