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Angara

American

[ahng-guh-rah, uhn-guh-rah] / ˌɑŋ gə rɑ, ʌn gʌˈrɑ /

noun

a river in the S Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NW from Lake Baikal to the Yenisei River: called Upper Tunguska in its lower course. 1,151 miles (1,855 km) long.

Angara British

/ anɡaˈra /

noun

a river in S Russia, in Siberia, flowing from Lake Baikal north and west to the Yenisei River: important for hydroelectric power. Length: 1840 km (1150 miles)

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The Angara airlines Antonov 24 plane is reported to be almost 50 years old, and has had trouble in the past.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025

While Roscosmos has continued to rely on Baikonur, Russian authorities have developed Vostochny as the facility of choice for Angara launches.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 9, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko visit the assembly room of the Amur launch complex for Angara rockets at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Region, Russia April 12, 2022.

From Reuters ● Apr. 12, 2022

Revilla, Poe and Angara all won Senate seats in the midterm elections.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2019

The wind was so strong that it carried off some of the soil from the surface of the ground, and then the hurricane drove a wall of water up the Angara.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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