English Explanatory Dictionary

Kolyma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An area in the far north-eastern region of Russia; location of Stalinist slave labour camps in the 1930s to 1950s.
  2. A river in the far north-eastern area of Russia.

Pronunciation

/kəlɪˈma/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kolyma.wav

Word forms

Kolyma

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Колыма́ f (Kolymá).

Related words

Chukotka Magadan gulag Dalstroy

Translations

Arabic: كُولِيمَا Armenian: Կոլիմա Belarusian: Калыма́ Chinese Mandarin: 科雷馬 /科雷马 Danish: Kolyma Estonian: Kolõma Hebrew: קולימה Hungarian: Kolima Japanese: コルィマ Japanese: コリマ Korean: 콜리마 Polish: Kołyma Portuguese: Kolyma Portuguese: Kolima Russian: Колыма́ Spanish: Kolymá Ukrainian: Колима́ Yakut: Халыма
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