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Word: autonomous oblast (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


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Noun:

  • nodot=yes|autonomous oblast used because the phrase is capitalized when found in specific placenames, such as the Jewish Autonomous Oblast or the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
  • One of the administrative divisions of former Soviet Union created for certain ?smaller? nations and characterized by following features: they were given an union republic or, in the autonomous republic; had a different titulary nation from that of their union republic/krai. Abbreviated as AO.

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