Meaning

1 senses
  1. (historical)In the former Soviet Union, a lower-status autonomous unit below an autonomous republic, typically established for a smaller titular nationality and nested inside a union republic, or in the RSFSR, inside a krai.

    автоно́мная о́бластьavtonómnaja óblastʹ, АО́AÓ

    автоно́мна о́бластьavtonómna óblastʹ

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The Jewish Autonomous Oblast borders China.

    ruЕврейская автономная область граничит с Китаем. — Ivanovb

    deDie Jüdische Autonome Oblast grenzt an China. — Yorwba

  2. There aren't many Jews left in the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.

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Translations

3 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO:
Русский
By meaning 1
autonomous entity in the Soviet Union and Russia — see also AO:

Forms

plural: autonomous oblasts / autonomous oblasti

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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