e/Voblast (country subdivision)

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has gloss	eng: Voblast (вобласць in modern Belarusian or vobłaść in Łacinka) is the major administrative subdivision in Belarus. It used to be translated as "province" or "region" in English. The latter may lead to some confusion, because the minor administrative division of Belarus is called rayon (the word is translated as "district" in the administrative division sense and "region" in other senses).
lexicalization	eng: Voblast
instance of	c/Country subdivisions