# oblast

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɒblæst/ · frequency rank #45,551

## Definitions
1. A region or province in Slavic or Slavic-influenced countries.

## Etymology
From a Slavic language, probably Russian о́бласть (óblastʹ, “region, province”), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic область (oblastĭ), from Proto-Slavic *obolstь, from earlier *obvolstь, *obvoldtь, a compound of *o(b)- (“over”) + *volstь (“rule, power, authority”), thus originally probably meaning "a region ruled over". Compare Proto-Slavic *obvoldati (“to rule”).

## Easily confused with
- **outlast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oblast-vs-outlast)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bolast`, `obalst`, `obblast`, `oblasst`, `oblastt`, `oblats`, `obllast`, `oblsat`, `olbast`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/oblast