Novaya Zemlya

American  

[noh-vuh-yuh zem-lee-ah, naw-vuh-yuh zyim-lyah] / ˈnoʊ və yə ˌzɛm liˈɑ, ˈnɔ və yə zyɪmˈlyɑ /

noun

1. two large islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of and belonging to the Russian Federation. 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km).

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Novaya Zemlya British  

/ ˈnɔvəjə zɪmˈlja /

noun

1. an archipelago in the Arctic Ocean, off the NE coast of Russia: consists of two large islands and many islets. Area: about 81 279 sq km (31 382 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

About 2,500 people live on Novaya Zemlya.

From NewsForKids.net

The images showed construction work on Novaya Zemlya, an island archipelago in the northern Barents Sea.

From BBC

They predicted that the displacement of groundwater alone causes a shift in the North Pole of 4.36 centimetres per year, roughly in the direction of Russia’s Novaya Zemlya islands.

From Scientific American

But Köner believes that “Novaya Zemlya” — their 2012 album inspired in part by the glaciers of the Arctic archipelago of the same name — may be their final ice work.

From New York Times

Half of those birds flew northeast to Novaya Zemlya, an archipelago in northern Russia, the researchers report this week in Current Biology.

From Science Magazine