Little Diomede
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Big Diomede is in Russia, and Little Diomede is in the US state of Alaska.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
They were informed of a pregnant woman with severe abdominal pains in Diomede, a village of 80 people on the western side of Little Diomede Island.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2023
Using tailor-made flippers, Philippe Croizon finished his quest by crossing between the US island of Little Diomede and Great Diomede in Russia, joining Asia and the Americas.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2012
From Big Diomede Island, where Russia has a new air base, to rocky Little Diomede, which belongs to the U.S., is less than five miles.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It brought to his mind the Revenue Service and a second lieutenant whom he had met off the Little Diomede Island in Bering Strait.
From The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage
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