околиця

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Etymology

By surface analysis, около (okolo) +‎ -иця (-ycja). Compare Russian око́лица (okólica), Belarusian ако́ліца (akólica) and вако́ліца (vakólica), Polish okolica.

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Noun

око́лиця (okólycjaf inan (genitive око́лиці, nominative plural око́лиці, genitive plural око́лиць)

  1. a part of a settlement remote from the city center, city outskirts
  2. outskirts, periphery
    Synonym: перифері́я f (peryferíja)
  3. environs, surroundings, vicinity, neighborhood
  4. (rarely) a remote border-region of a state, outskirt
    Віддалена прикордонна область держави; окраїна. Не міг великий князь Київської Русі завжди знати, що робиться на околицях Руської землі
    Viddalena prykordonna oblastʹ deržavy; okrajina. Ne mih velykyj knjazʹ Kyjivsʹkoji Rusi zavždy znaty, ščo robytʹsja na okolycjax Rusʹkoji zemli
    The Grand Duke of Kievan Rus could not always know what was happening on the outskirts of the Russian land

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