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Russian

Etymology

From obsolete окре́ст (okrést, in the neighborhood) +‎ -ный (-nyj).

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окре́стный (okréstnyj)

  1. surrounding, local, neighboring
    Synonyms: бли́зкий (blízkij), бли́жний (blížnij), недалёкий (nedaljókij), близлежа́щий (blizležáščij)
    • 1883, Всеволод Гаршин, chapter I, in Красный цветок; English translation from A Red Flower, Philadelphia: Brown Brothers, 1911:
      Больница была устроена на восемьдесят человек, но так как она одна служила на несколько окрестных губерний, то в ней помещалось до трёхсот.
      Bolʹnica byla ustrojena na vosemʹdesjat čelovek, no tak kak ona odna služila na neskolʹko okrestnyx gubernij, to v nej pomeščalosʹ do trjóxsot.
      The hospital was originally constructed for eighty souls, but as it served for several of the neighboring districts it really harbored about three hundred.

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