Ussuri

American  

[oo-soor-ee, oo-soo-ryi] / uˈsʊər i, uˈsu ryɪ /

noun

1. a river in eastern Asia, forming part of the boundary between eastern Manchuria and the southeastern part of the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing north to the Amur River. 500 miles (805 km) long.

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Ussuri British  

/ ussuˈri /

noun

1. a river in E central Asia, flowing north, forming part of the Chinese border with Russia, to the Amur River. Length: about 800 km (500 miles)

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Etymology

Origin of Ussuri

First recorded in 1840–45

Example Sentences

It is also home to Japan's largest population of Ussuri brown bears, close relatives of the north American grizzly.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2022

As the SCF Ussuri loaded refined product in the U.S.

From Reuters • Mar. 3, 2022

The forests in the southern portion of eastern Russia, also known as the Ussuri Taiga, hold some of the world’s most valuable hardwoods: Mongolian oak and Manchurian ash, both crucial for the forests’ ecosystems.

From National Geographic • Nov. 10, 2015

Fewer than 400 Siberian tigers — also known as Ussuri, Amur or Manchurian tigers — have survived in the wild, most of them in Russia’s Far East.

From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2012

I am going not to Nikolaevsk, but by the Ussuri to Vladivostok, and from there to Sahalin.

From Letters of Anton Chekhov by Garnett, Constance