Yenisei

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A river in Russia, the longest river of Siberia. It flows from south to north into the Arctic Ocean, splitting Siberia in two parts: the Eastern Siberia and the Western Siberia.

Pronunciation

/ˌjɛnəˈseɪ/

Word forms

Yenisei Yenesei Yenisey Yenissei

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Енисе́й (Jeniséj) from Old Kyrgyz Эне-Сай (Ene-Say, “mother river”) or from Evenki Ионэсси (Ionəssi, “big water”). See more detail

Derived words

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