krai

/kɹaɪ̯/

krai noun: a region or province in Russia.

Noun

krai (plural krais or kraia)

(administrative division) A region or province in Russia.
- Organised similarly on a territorial basis, their tasks were formulated as follows: ‘they should know by whom party propaganda is being conducted in the corresponding oblasti and kraia,[…]’1996, Bohdan Harasymiw, “Republic and CC CPSU Apparatchiki”, in Soviet Communist Party Officials: A Study in Organizational Roles and Change, Commack, N.Y.: Nova Science Publishers, →ISBN, page 198
- For example, in 1937 there were 11 union republics, 39 oblasti and kraia, 22 autonomous republics, 52 autonomous regions and okrugs, 3307 districts and 62,484 village soviets (Davies et al. 2003, xviii).2017, Roland Boer, “From Creative Naming to Cultural Revolution”, in Stalin: From Theology to the Philosophy of Socialism in Power, Singapore: Springer, →ISBN, chapter 6 (Towards a Theory of the...

Borrowed from Russian край (kraj, “province, edge”).

What does krai mean?: Krai means a region or province in Russia.
What is krai in Hindi?: Krai in Hindi is क्राय (krāy). See Krai meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is krai?: Krai is a noun.
How do you pronounce krai?: Krai is pronounced /kɹaɪ̯/.
What is the plural of krai?: The plural of krai is krais.

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