Magnitogorsk

American  

[mag-nee-tuh-gawrsk, muhg-nyi-tuh-gawrsk] / mægˈni təˌgɔrsk, məg nyɪ tʌˈgɔrsk /

noun

1. a city in the W Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ural River, near the boundary between Europe and Asia.

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Magnitogorsk British  

/ məɡnitaˈɡɔrsk /

noun

1. a city in central Russia, on the Ural River: founded in 1930 to exploit local magnetite ores; site of one of the world's largest metallurgical plants. Pop: 415 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

In Magnitogorsk, a city near the Ural Mountains, Sergei Loza’s bakery collects wild hops to make soldiers whole-meal sourdough rusks based on his grandmother’s recipe.

From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2022

At 24, Minnesota chose right wing Danila Yurov from Magnitogorsk, a Russian junior team.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2022

Not bad for a kid from Magnitogorsk, Russia who never imagined he’d called America home.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2019

Reporting by Oksana Chizh in Magnitogorsk and additional material from Laurence Peter.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2019

He'd been away from Moscow for over a month and the amenities in the smog, smoke and coke fumes blanketing industrial complex of Magnitogorsk hadn't been particularly of the best.

From Freedom by Reynolds, Mack