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'''Okres''' ([[Czech language|Czech]] and [[Slovak language|Slovak]] term |
'''Okres''' ([[Czech language|Czech]] and [[Slovak language|Slovak]] term deriving from Old Slavic окрьсть(''around'') equivalent to the word "district" in [[English language|English]]) refers to an administrative entity in the [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]]. The term is etymologically similar to the [[Russian]]: ''[[Krai]]'', and ''[[Okrug]]''. It is also etymologically .similar to the [[German]]: ''[[kreis]]'' ([[Old High German]]: ''kreiz''); meaning "district", "circle".<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Districts_of_Serbia] The slavic word okrug (округ) denotes administrative subdivision in some states. Its etymology is similar to the German Kreis, circle (in the meaning of administrative division) (although translated in German as Bezirk): okrug is literally something "encircling".</ref> |
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The first districts both in the Czech lands and Slovakia developed from domains in [[1850]] by decision of the imperial government of [[Austrian monarchy|Austria]] (they were also called [[Processus (Kingdom of Hungary)|processus]] (''slúžnovský okres'') in Slovakia since the [[1860s]]). The organisation and functions of the districts in the Czech lands and Slovakia started to diverge in the course of the following decades, and were finally unified only in [[1918]] with the creation of [[Czechoslovakia]]. After the [[dissolution of Czechoslovakia]] in [[1993]], the district system was taken over by the two current successor states. |
The first districts both in the Czech lands and Slovakia developed from domains in [[1850]] by decision of the imperial government of [[Austrian monarchy|Austria]] (they were also called [[Processus (Kingdom of Hungary)|processus]] (''slúžnovský okres'') in Slovakia since the [[1860s]]). The organisation and functions of the districts in the Czech lands and Slovakia started to diverge in the course of the following decades, and were finally unified only in [[1918]] with the creation of [[Czechoslovakia]]. After the [[dissolution of Czechoslovakia]] in [[1993]], the district system was taken over by the two current successor states. |
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It is also related to the [[Proto-Baltic]] ''*skreĩ-'' (''*skre-ja-/*skrei-ja-'')(v), ''*skri-t-a-'' (adj), ''*skreĩ-t-(-ja-)''(vt); [[Lithuanian]]: ''skriẽti'' (''/skríeti''), ''skrẽja'', ''skrē̃jō'', ''žem.'' ''skriẽja'', ''skriẽjō''("turn, move around, circulate"). ''ãpskrita'' "circular"; ''skriẽsti'' (''- čia''), ''skritulī̃ s'' "turn", "circle". |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[kreis]] |
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*[[okrug]] |
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*[[Districts of Slovakia]] (okres) |
*[[Districts of Slovakia]] (okres) |
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*[[Regions of Slovakia]] ([[kraj]]) |
*[[Regions of Slovakia]] ([[kraj]]) |
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*[[Districts of Serbia]] ([[Okruzi]]) |
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*[[Regions of Serbia]] ([[pokrajine]]) |
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*[[Districts of the Czech Republic]] (okres) |
*[[Districts of the Czech Republic]] (okres) |
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*[[Regions of the Czech Republic]] ([[kraj]]) |
*[[Regions of the Czech Republic]] ([[kraj]]) |
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Revision as of 00:15, 25 April 2007
Okres (Czech and Slovak term deriving from Old Slavic окрьсть(around) equivalent to the word "district" in English) refers to an administrative entity in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The term is etymologically similar to the Russian: Krai, and Okrug. It is also etymologically .similar to the German: kreis (Old High German: kreiz); meaning "district", "circle".[1]
The first districts both in the Czech lands and Slovakia developed from domains in 1850 by decision of the imperial government of Austria (they were also called processus (slúžnovský okres) in Slovakia since the 1860s). The organisation and functions of the districts in the Czech lands and Slovakia started to diverge in the course of the following decades, and were finally unified only in 1918 with the creation of Czechoslovakia. After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the district system was taken over by the two current successor states.
It is also related to the Proto-Baltic *skreĩ- (*skre-ja-/*skrei-ja-)(v), *skri-t-a- (adj), *skreĩ-t-(-ja-)(vt); Lithuanian: skriẽti (/skríeti), skrẽja, skrē̃jō, žem. skriẽja, skriẽjō("turn, move around, circulate"). ãpskrita "circular"; skriẽsti (- čia), skritulī̃ s "turn", "circle".
See also
- kreis
- okrug
- Districts of Slovakia (okres)
- Regions of Slovakia (kraj)
- Districts of Serbia (Okruzi)
- Regions of Serbia (pokrajine)
- Districts of the Czech Republic (okres)
- Regions of the Czech Republic (kraj)
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