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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

주

Native Script:한국어 한글

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ju

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Oblast/ˈɒblæst/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"모스크바 주는 러시아의 행정 구역입니다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A large administrative division or region in Russia and certain other East European post-Soviet countries, roughly equivalent to a province or state.

    "The governor of the oblast announced a new infrastructure initiative for the regional towns."
  2. 2

    An ecclesiastical diocese or territorial jurisdiction in certain Eastern European administrative contexts.

    "The church boundaries closely mirrored the political borders of the surrounding oblast."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Borrowed into English in the 19th century directly from Russian 'oblast' (область), tracing back to Old Church Slavonic 'oblastĭ', meaning 'power, rule, or region'. Historically used to designate administrative territorial divisions in the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and subsequently modern post-Soviet states.

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