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near abroad

noun

Etymology

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

  1. calqued from ближнее зарубе́жье

Definitions

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

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

    • In his first term, George W. Bush was willing to give Putin a free hand in what Russia calls the near abroad, the states that spun off from the broken Soviet Union.
    • North Africa and the Middle East are, after all, Europe's near-abroad.
    • Japan has island disputes with all three of its neighbours, Russia, South Korea and China, leaving it diplomatically isolated in its near-abroad.

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