околия

Bulgarian

Etymology

From о́коло (ókolo, “around”) (adverb) +‎ -ия (-ija).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oˈkɔlijɐ]

Noun

око́лия • (okólija) f

1. (historical) administrative unit (consisting of several municipalities)

   Synonym: о́бласт (óblast)

Declension

Declension of око́лия

	singular	plural
indefinite	око́лия okólija	око́лии okólii
definite	око́лията okólijata	око́лиите okóliite

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