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Bulgarian
Etymology
From о́коло (ókolo, “around”) (adverb) + -ия (-ija).
Pronunciation
Noun
око́лия • (okólija) f
- (historical) administrative unit (consisting of several municipalities)
- Synonym: о́бласт (óblast)
Declension
Related terms
- колело́ (koleló, “wheel”)
- ко́ло (kólo, “circumference”) (dialectal)
References
- “околия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “околия”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010