Sea of Okhotsk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A sea between the Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands on the southeast, the island of Hokkaidō to the far south, the island of Sakhalin along the west, and a long stretch of eastern Siberian coast along the west and north.

Pronunciation

/ˌsiː əv əˈxɒtsk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sea of Okhotsk.wav

Word forms

Sea of Okhotsk the Sea of Okhotsk

Etymology

Named after Okhotsk, the first Russian settlement in the Far East, whose name is derived from Even окат (okat, “river”).

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