near abroad en · NOUN
Etymology
Calque of Russian ближнее зарубе́жье (bližneje zarubéžʹje), from ближний (bližnij, “near”) and зарубе́жье (zarubéžʹje, “abroad”).
Meanings
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(no-plural) 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.
2004 December 6, Paul Quinn-Judge, Yuri Zarakhovich, “The Orange Revolution”, in Time, page 20:North Africa and the Middle East are, after all, Europe's near-abroad.
2011 May 18, Timothy Garton Ash, “Obama can now define the third great project of Euro-Atlantic partnership”, in The Guardian, retrieved 09 Jan 2013:Japan has island disputes with all three of its neighbours, Russia, South Korea and China, leaving it diplomatically isolated in its near-abroad.
2013 January 5, “Japanese foreign policy: Down-turn Abe”, in The Economist, retrieved 09 Jan 2013:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| near-abroad | alternative | lexicographic | |
| the near abroad | canonical | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Translations (8)
be блі́жняе заме́жжа (the other countries and political regions which are in the vicinity of a country or political region) · ka ახლო საზღვარგარეთი (the other countries and political regions which are in the vicinity of a country or political region) · uk бли́жнє зарубі́жжя (the other countries and political regions which are in the vicinity of a country or political region) · nl nabije buitenland (the other countries and political regions which are in the vicinity of a country or political region) · fr étranger proche (the other countries and political regions which are in the vicinity of a country or political region) · ru ближний зарубе́жье (the other countries and political regions which are in the vicinity of a country or political region) · cmn 近海外 (the other countries and political regions which are in the vicinity of a country or political region) · de Nahes Ausland (the other countries and political regions which are in the vicinity of a country or political region)