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kraia

kraia is the plural of krai.

Meaning of krai

Noun

krai (plural krais or kraia)

  1. (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

Origin of kraia

From Russian края́ (krajá).

Questions about kraia

What is kraia the plural of?
Kraia is the plural of krai.

Words near kraia in the dictionary

  1. Krahn
  2. Krahns
  3. Krahulik
  4. Krahuliks
  5. krai
  6. kraia
  7. krais
  8. kraisslite
  9. krait
  10. kraits
  11. Krajewski

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