No. 13,870 in Russian
областное
"Областное" means "regional" in English.
In a sentence
Областное собрание состоится в пятницу.
The regional meeting will take place on Friday.
The word 'областное' is used here as an adjective describing the type of 'собрание' (meeting) and indicates a relation to a region or administrative area.
Областное управление приняло решение о реформе.
The regional administration decided on a reform.
In this sentence, 'областное' modifies 'управление' (administration), referring to an entity operating at the regional level.
На областное соревнование приехали участники со всего края.
Participants from all over the region came to the regional competition.
Here, 'областное' describes 'соревнование' (competition), specifying its scope or the level at which the competition is held.
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