okrug
Sign in to saveAn okrug is a type of administrative division in some Slavic-speaking states. The word okrug is a loanword in English, alternatively translated as area, district, county, or region.
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An okrug is a type of administrative division in some Slavic-speaking states. The word okrug is a loanword in English, alternatively translated as area, district, county, or region.
Etymologically, okrug literally means 'circuit', derived from Proto-Slavic , in turn from 'around' + 'circle'. In meaning, the word is similar to the German term Bezirk or Kreis ('district') and the French word arrondissement; all of which refer to something 'encircled' or 'surrounded'.
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