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krai

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /kɹaɪ̯/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: cry

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noun

Meaning 1

A region or province in Russia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: administrative division

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian край (kraj, “province, edge”).

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: кырай (kïray) — a region or province in Russia
  • Belarusian: край (kraj) — a region or province in Russia
  • Bengali: ক্রাই (krai) — a region or province in Russia
  • Bulgarian: край (kraj) — a region or province in Russia
  • Chinese Mandarin: 邊疆區 /边疆区 (biānjiāngqū) — a region or province in Russia
  • Czech: kraj — a region or province in Russia
  • Finnish: aluepiiri — a region or province in Russia
  • French: kraï — a region or province in Russia
  • Greek: κράι (krái) — a region or province in Russia
  • Hindi: क्राय (krāy) — a region or province in Russia
  • Hungarian: határterület — a region or province in Russia
  • Japanese: クライ (kurai) — a region or province in Russia
  • Kazakh: өлке (ölke) — a region or province in Russia
  • Korean: 크라이 (keurai) — a region or province in Russia
  • Macedonian: крај (kraj) — a region or province in Russia
  • Polish: kraj — a region or province in Russia
  • Portuguese: krai — a region or province in Russia
  • Romanian: kraină — a region or province in Russia
  • Russian: край (kraj) — a region or province in Russia
  • Serbo-Croatian: кра̑ј — a region or province in Russia
  • Serbo-Croatian: krȃj — a region or province in Russia
  • Slovak: kraj — a region or province in Russia
  • Slovene: kraj — a region or province in Russia
  • Spanish: krai — a region or province in Russia
  • Tatar: өлкә (ölkä) — a region or province in Russia
  • Turkish: kray — a region or province in Russia
  • Ukrainian: край (kraj) — a region or province in Russia
  • Yakut: кыраай (kïraay) — a region or province in Russia