noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈɒblæst/
/ˈɒblɑːst/
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noun
Meaning 1
A region or province in Slavic or Slavic-influenced countries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From a Slavic language, probably Russian о́бласть (óblastʹ, “region, province”), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic область (oblastĭ), from Proto-Slavic *obolstь, from earlier *obvolstь, *obvoldtь, a compound of *o(b)- (“over”) + *volstь (“rule, power, authority”), thus originally probably meaning "a region ruled over". Compare Proto-Slavic *obvoldati (“to rule”).
Across languages
Translations
91 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Abkhaz:
аабласт
(aablastʼ)
— region or province
Afrikaans:
oblast
— region or province
Arabic:
أُوبْلَاسْت
(ʔūblāst)
— region or province
Arabic:
أُوبْلَاسْت
(ʔōblast)
— region or province
Armenian:
շրջան
(šrǰan)
— region or province
Armenian:
մարզ
(marz)
— region or province
Azerbaijani:
vilayət
— region or province
Bashkir:
өлкә
(ölkə)
— region or province
Basque:
oblast
— region or province
Belarusian:
во́бласць
(vóblascʹ)
— region or province
Belarusian:
во́бласьць
(vóblasʹcʹ)
— region or province
Bengali:
ওব্লাস্ট
(ōblasṭ)
— region or province
Bulgarian:
о́бласт
(óblast)
— region or province
Buryat:
можо
(možo)
— region or province
Carpathian Rusyn:
о́бласть
(óblastʹ)
— region or province
Catalan:
óblast
— region or province
Chechen:
латтдоза
(lattdoza)
— region or province
Chechen:
область
(oblastj)
— region or province
Chuvash:
облаҫӗ
(oblaś̬ĕ)
— region or province
East Circassian:
област
(woblast)
— region or province
East Circassian:
хэку
(xɛkwu)
— region or province
Czech:
oblast
— region or province
Danish:
oblast
— region or province
Dutch:
oblast
— region or province
Esperanto:
oblasto
— region or province
Estonian:
oblast
— region or province
Finnish:
oblasti
— region or province
Finnish:
alue
— region or province
French:
oblast
— region or province
Georgian:
მხარე
(mxare)
— region or province
Georgian:
ოლქი
(olki)
— region or province
Georgian:
ობლასტი
(oblasṭi)
— region or province
German:
Oblast
— region or province
Greek:
όμπλαστ
(ómplast)
— region or province
Hebrew:
אובלסט
(óblast)
— region or province
Hindi:
ओब्लास्त
(oblāst)
— region or province
Hungarian:
terület
— region or province
Hungarian:
körzet
— region or province
Hungarian:
régió
— region or province
Indonesian:
oblast
— region or province
Ingrian:
oblasti
— region or province
Italian:
oblast'
— region or province
Japanese:
オーブラスチ
(ōburasuchi)
— region or province
Javanese:
oblast
— region or province
Kalmyk:
төгәлң
(tögälñ)
— region or province
Kalmyk:
муҗ
(muj)
— region or province
Kazakh:
облыс
(oblys)
— region or province
Komi-Permyak:
лапӧв
(lapöv)
— region or province
Korean:
오블라스티
(obeullaseuti)
— region or province
Northern Kurdish:
oblast
— region or province
Kyrgyz:
облус
(oblus)
— region or province
Macedonian:
о́бласт
(óblast)
— region or province
Malay:
oblast
— region or province
Classical Mongolian:
ᠣᠪᠯᠠᠰᠲ᠋ᠢ
(oblasti)
— region or province
Mongolian:
область
(oblastʹ)
— region or province
Mongolian:
ᠣᠪᠯᠠᠰᠲ᠋ᠢ
(oblasti)
— region or province
Nogai:
уьлке
(ülke)
— region or province
Norwegian Bokmål:
oblast
— region or province
Church Slavic:
область
(oblastĭ)
— region or province
Old East Slavic:
оболость
(obolostĭ)
— region or province
Ossetian:
облӕст
(oblæst)
— region or province
Pannonian Rusyn:
обласц
(oblasc)
— region or province
Iranian Persian:
اُبْلاسْت
(oblâst)
— region or province
Polish:
obwód
— region or province
Portuguese:
óblast
— region or province
Punjabi:
ਆਬਲਸਤ
(ābalsat)
— region or province
Romanian:
oblastie
— region or province
Russian:
о́бласть
(óblastʹ)
— region or province
Serbo-Croatian:
о̏бла̄ст
— region or province
Serbo-Croatian:
ȍblāst
— region or province
Slovak:
oblasť
— region or province
Slovene:
oblast
— region or province
Upper Sorbian:
oblasć
— region or province
Spanish:
óblast
— region or province
Swedish:
oblast
— region or province
Tagalog:
oblast
— region or province
Tajik:
вилоят
(viloyat)
— region or province
Tatar:
өлкә
(ölkä)
— region or province
Turkish:
oblast
— region or province
Turkmen:
welaýat
— region or province
Udmurt:
улос
(ulos)
— region or province
Ukrainian:
о́бласть
(óblastʹ)
— region or province
