Kolyma

American  

[kuh-lee-muh, kuh-li-mah] / kəˈli mə, kə lɪˈmɑ /

Or Kolima

noun

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

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Kolyma British  

/ 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)

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Example Sentences

The scientists decided to name the species Panagrolaimus kolymaensis, because they were found by the Kolyma River in Russia.

From NewsForKids.net • Aug. 10, 2023

Now these roundworms are the subject of more research, which posits that one of these nematode varieties represents a new species, dubbed Panagrolaimus kolymaensis for the Kolyma River where they were found.

From Scientific American • Jul. 27, 2023

Nikita Zimov, Sergey’s son, was walking in the shallows of the river Kolyma at Duvanny Yar in September when he fished out a mammoth tusk and tooth.

From Reuters • Nov. 4, 2021

Antonina Novosad, a 93-year-old who was arrested as a teenager in western Ukraine and sentenced to 10 years in Kolyma on trumped-up political charges, labored in a tin mine near the “road of bones.”

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2020

“To the Kolyma region,” said the bald man.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys