Murmansk

[moor-mahnsk, moor-muhnsk]

noun

1. an ice-free seaport and railroad terminus in the NW Russian Federation, on the Murman Coast.

Murmansk

/ ˈmurmənsk /

noun

1. a port in NW Russia, on the Kola Inlet of the Barents Sea: founded in 1915; the world's largest town north of the Arctic Circle, with a large fishing fleet. Pop: 316 000 (2005 est)

Example Sentences

In Murmansk, the largest city north of the Arctic circle, President Vladimir Putin vowed to "strengthen Russia's global leadership in the Arctic", while warning that "geopolitical competition in the region" was intensifying.

From BBC

Russia has a history of training marine mammals such as dolphins for military purposes, and the Barents Observer website has identified whale pens near naval bases in the north-west area of Murmansk.

From BBC

Russia has a history of training marine mammals such as dolphins for military purposes and the Barents Observer website has identified whale pens near naval bases in the north-west area of Murmansk.

From BBC

The picture was similar in the other two border regions of Leningrad and Murmansk.

From BBC

The governor of Russia’s northern Murmansk region recently said the region would be put on “high alert” after Finland announced that it would close all border crossings between the two countries apart from one.

From Seattle Times