Omsk

[ awmsk ]

/ ɔmsk /

Save This Word!

noun

a city in the SW Russian Federation in Asia on the Irtysh River.

QUIZ

ARE YOU A TRUE BLUE CHAMPION OF THESE "BLUE" SYNONYMS?

We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.

Question 1 of 8

Which of the following words describes “sky blue”?

navy

beryl

azure

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Meet Grammar Coach

Write or paste your essay, email, or story into Grammar Coach and get grammar help

Improve Your Writing

Meet Grammar CoachImprove Your Writing

Words nearby Omsk

omphaloskepsis, omphalospinous, omphalotomy, Omri, OMS, Omsk, Omuta, OMW, on, Ona, on account

How to use Omsk in a sentence

First, if the FSB did indeed put pressure on the Omsk hospital, as the Navalny associate Milov alleged, that would imply that Putin or someone close to him cares deeply about how Navalny’s situation is handled.
Top chemical weapons watchdog group confirms Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a nerve agent|Alex Ward|October 7, 2020|Vox
Omsk is the center of that military organization of Western Siberia which is intended to overawe the Kirghiz population.
Michael Strogoff|Jules Verne
In buying him at Omsk he had been lucky, and in taking him to the postmaster the generous mujik had rendered him a great service.
Michael Strogoff|Jules Verne
The station at Omsk was on outskirts of town, which looked to be of great size, with many pretentious buildings.
Through Siberia and Manchuria By Rail|Oliver George Ready

At Omsk saw numbers of Asiatics clad in skins, they were ugly, dirty and many pitted with small-pox.
Through Siberia and Manchuria By Rail|Oliver George Ready
The miseries of Omsk have been described by Dostoievsky, but those of Petrovsk will never be entirely known.
Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan|Pter Vay

British Dictionary definitions for Omsk

Omsk

/ (ɒmsk) /

noun

a city in W central Russia, at the confluence of the Irtysh and Om Rivers: a major industrial centre, with pipelines from the second Baku oilfield. Pop: 1 132 000 (2005 est)

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012