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oblasts

oblasts is the plural of oblast.

Meaning of oblast

Noun

oblast (plural oblasts or oblasti)

  1. A region or province in Slavic or Slavic-influenced countries.
    • 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...1979, Jerry Fincher Hough, How the Soviet Union Is Governed, page 483

Phrases with oblasts

Questions about oblasts

What is oblasts the plural of?
Oblasts is the plural of oblast.

Words near oblasts in the dictionary

  1. oblanceolate
  2. oblanceolately
  3. oblast
  4. oblastal
  5. oblasti
  6. oblasts
  7. oblata
  8. oblate
  9. oblate spheroid
  10. oblate spheroids
  11. oblated

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