English Explanatory Dictionary

Oymyakon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in Sakha, Russia, known for being one of the coldest inhabited places on Earth.

Word forms

Oymyakon

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Оймякон (Ojmjakon), in turn from Yakut Өймөкөөн (Öymököön), in turn derived from Even хэюм (həjum, “place of non-freezing water; a place where fish spend the winter”).

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