Krai
//kɹaɪ̯// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A region or province in Russia.
"Organised similarly on a territorial basis, their tasks were formulated as follows: ‘they should know by whom party propaganda is being conducted in the corresponding oblasti and kraia,[…]’"
Example
More examples"Organised similarly on a territorial basis, their tasks were formulated as follows: ‘they should know by whom party propaganda is being conducted in the corresponding oblasti and kraia,[…]’"
Etymology
From Russian край (kraj, “province, edge”).
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