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Meaning of oblast | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɒblæst

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية أُوبْلَاسْت
Azərbaycanca vilayət
Беларуская вобласць
Български област
Català óblast
Čeština oblast
Deutsch Oblast
Ελληνικά όμπλαστ
Esperanto oblasto
Español óblast
Suomi alue oblasti
Français oblast
Հայերեն մարզ շրջան
Italiano oblast'
日本語 オーブラスチ
ქართული მხარე ოლქი
Қазақша облыс
한국어 오블라스티
Кыргызча облус
Македонски област
Монгол муж
Nederlands oblast
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਆਬਲਸਤ
Polski obwód
Português oblast
Русский область
Slovenčina oblasť
Slovenščina oblast
Српски oblast муж област
Тоҷикӣ вилоят
Türkmençe welaýat
Українська обласний область
Oʻzbekcha oblast viloyat

Examples

“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 American state in size.”
“It is important to note, however, that the general pattern of Nizhnii Novgorod oblast at the top and Tiumen' and Yaroslavl' oblasts in the middle, with Saratov at the bottom, occurred too often across all indicators to assume that even those differences in means that were not significant at a .05 confidence level or better occurred merely by chance.”
“Almaty oblast (distinct from Almaty city) is the most rural of Kazakhstan's oblasts, at just 22.2 percent urban.”

CEFR level

B1
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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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