English Explanatory Dictionary

near abroad

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The other countries and political regions which are in the vicinity of a country or political region.

Word forms

near abroad the near abroad near-abroad

Etymology

Calque of Russian ближнее зарубе́жье (bližneje zarubéžʹje), from ближний (bližnij, “near”) and зарубе́жье (zarubéžʹje, “abroad”).

Antonyms

far abroad
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