oblast

n. 州(苏联各加盟共和国的行政区划名称)

发音

其它 /ˈɒblæst/

词形变化

oblasti oblasts 复数 oblasts oblasti 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

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词源

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”).

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