Kolyma

or Ko·li·ma

[ kuh-lee-muh; Russian kuh-li-mah ]

/ kəˈli mə; Russian kə lɪˈmɑ /

noun

a river in the NE Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE to the Arctic Ocean. 1000 miles (1610 km) long.

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Example sentences from the Web for kolyma

The same remark applies to a population as far east as the Kolyma, the Jukahiri.
The Ethnology of Europe|Robert Gordon Latham
On the Kolyma, where he arrived on the 30th of December, in longitude 164°, he met the Russian polar expedition.
Robert Kerr's General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 18|William Stevenson
In 1814 the small pox raged in one of the tribes living on the Kolyma river, and the deaths from it were numerous.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life|Thomas Wallace Knox
Then the Russian drivers, secretly backed by Mikouline, threatened almost daily to desert us and return to the Kolyma.
From Paris to New York by Land|Harry de Windt

Eastward they are found on the Kolyma, and westward as far as the Yenisey.
The Natural History of the Varieties of Man|Robert Gordon Latham

British Dictionary definitions for kolyma

Kolyma

/ (Russian kəliˈma) /

noun

a river in NE Russia, rising in the Kolyma Mountains north of the Sea of Okhotsk and flowing generally north to the East Siberian Sea. Length: 2600 km (1615 miles)

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