Kolyma

or Ko·li·ma

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

noun

1. a river in the NE Russian Federation in Asia, flowing NE to the Arctic Ocean. 1,000 miles (1,610 km) long.

Kolyma

/ kəliˈma /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

The same remark applies to a population as far east as the Kolyma, the Jukahiri.

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In the season of 1740 he continued his voyage to beyond the Kolyma, wintering at Nizhni Kolymsk.

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At Kolymsk, on the Kolyma river, the authorities require every man to catch one-tenth more than enough for his own use.

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In 1814 the small pox raged in one of the tribes living on the Kolyma river, and the deaths from it were numerous.

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Laptev now turned and sought for winter quarters on the Kolyma.

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