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o·blast

oblast

 
pronunciation:
a blst
part of speech: noun
inflections: oblasts, obslasti
definition: an administrative region of Russia, or of the former Soviet Union, or of some of its former republics.
Kaliningrad Oblast, surrounded by Lithuania and Poland, is a part of Russia that is geographically separated from it.
similar words:
province, state