Dezhnev

[dezh-nef, -nee-awf, dyi-zhnyawf]

noun

1. Cape, a cape in the NE Russian Federation in Asia, on the Bering Strait: the northeasternmost point of Asia.

Dezhnev

/ dɪʒˈnjɔf /

noun

1. Former name: East Cape. a cape in NE Russia at the E end of Chukchi Peninsula: the northeasternmost point of Asia

Example Sentences

Inlaid on each side of the border monument is a rock taken from the far end of each continent: on the Asian side, Cape Dezhnev on the Bering Strait, on the European side, Portugal’s Cape Roca.

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