oblast

A map of Blagoevgrad oblast (province), Bulgaria

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

From a Slavic language, probably Russian о́бласть, borrowed from Old Church Slavonic область, from Proto-Slavic *obolstь, from earlier *obvolstь, *obvoldtь, a compound of *o(b)- + *volstь, thus originally probably meaning "a region ruled over". Compare Proto-Slavic *obvoldati.

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