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krais

krais 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

Questions about krais

What is krais the plural of?
Krais is the plural of krai.

Words near krais in the dictionary

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

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