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okrug

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

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒkrʌɡ/
  • General-American: /ˈɑkrʌɡ/
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noun

Meaning 1

An administrative division of some Slavic states.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From a Slavic language; compare Russian о́круг (ókrug) or Serbo-Croatian округ/okrug.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: օկրուգ (ōkrug) — administrative division
  • Azerbaijani: okruq — administrative division
  • Bashkir: округы (okrugı) — administrative division
  • Belarusian: о́круг (ókruh) — administrative division
  • Belarusian: акру́га (akrúha) — administrative division
  • Bulgarian: о́кръг (ókrǎg) — administrative division
  • Chukchi: округ — administrative division
  • East Circassian: округ (wokruɣ) — administrative division
  • West Circassian: округ (wokruɣ) — administrative division
  • Czech: okruh — administrative division
  • Finnish: piirikunta — administrative division
  • French: okroug — administrative division
  • Georgian: ოკრუგი (oḳrugi) — administrative division
  • German: Okrug — administrative division
  • Hindi: ओक्रुग (okrug) — administrative division
  • Indonesian: okrug — administrative division
  • Japanese: オークルグ (ōkurugu) — administrative division
  • Japanese: 管区 (kanku) — administrative division
  • Karachay-Balkar: округ (okrug) — administrative division
  • Korean: 오크루그 (okeurugeu) — administrative division
  • Macedonian: округ (okrug) — administrative division
  • Tundra Nenets: ӈокрук — administrative division
  • Polish: okręg — administrative division
  • Portuguese: okrug — administrative division
  • Russian: о́круг (ókrug) — administrative division
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̏крӯг — administrative division
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȍkrūg — administrative division
  • Slovak: okruh — administrative division
  • Slovene: okrug — administrative division
  • Tatar: округ (oqruğ) — administrative division
  • Ukrainian: о́круг (ókruh) — administrative division
  • Ukrainian: окру́га (okrúha) — administrative division
  • Uzbek: okrug — administrative division
  • Yakut: уокурук (uokuruk) — administrative division
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