Novosibirsk

American  

[noh-vuh-suh-beersk, nuh-vuh-syi-byeersk] / ˌnoʊ və səˈbɪərsk, nə və syɪˈbyirsk /

noun

1. a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia, on the Ob.

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Novosibirsk British  

/ nəvəsiˈbirsk /

noun

1. a city in W central Russia, on the River Ob: the largest town in Siberia; developed with the coming of the Trans-Siberian railway in 1893; important industrial centre. Pop: 1 425 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

Volunteers from the Kremlin-backed People's Front movement in Novosibirsk have made dummies wearing military uniforms.

From BBC

In Petropavl on the Ishim river, in North Kazakhstan region, a local reservoir was threatening to overflow, potentially flooding a major road between two Russian cities - Chelyabinsk and Novosibirsk.

From BBC

In a phone interview from the city of Novosibirsk, he added that he would move back to Tajikistan if the police or nationalist radicals were to target him.

From New York Times

On Saturday, police blocked access to a memorial in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk and detained several people, OVD-Info said.

From Seattle Times

A plane belonging to Russia's Ural Airlines with 167 people aboard and flying from Sochi to Omsk made an emergency landing in western Siberia's Novosibirsk region, Russian agencies reported on Tuesday.

From Reuters