Birobidzhan

American  

[bir-oh-bi-jahn] / ˌbɪr oʊ bɪˈdʒɑn /

Or Birobijan

noun

1. the capital of the Jewish Autonomous Region, in E Siberia, in the SE Russian Federation in Asia, W of Khabarovsk.

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Birobidzhan British  

/ birəbidˈʒan /

noun

1. a city in SE Russia: capital of the Jewish Autonomous Region. Pop: 77 250 (2002)

2. another name for the Jewish Autonomous Region

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Example Sentences

Birobidzhan City Court records contain no information about a criminal case against him, though there is a record of a non-criminal case of “petty hooliganism” submitted on 20 June.

From BBC

The FSB and the Birobidzhan Court did not respond to the BBC’s request for comment.

From BBC

After his lonely death, at a pre-trial detention centre in Birobidzhan in Russia’s Far East, the 39-year-old was mourned by only 11 people at his cremation.

From BBC

Chinese farmers are, according to BBC research, represented in 40% of the Far East, most significantly in the Jewish autonomous region of Birobidzhan.

From BBC

With so few Jews now living in Birobidzhan, the massed Yiddish dances and mannequins of gurning Jews that welcome visitors to the Jewish cultural centre give the impression of a Jewish Disneyland rather than of a living, breathing community.

From The Guardian