Onega
Americannoun
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Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe: second largest lake in Europe. 3,764 sq. mi. (9,750 sq. km).
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a river in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing N to Onega Bay. 250 miles (405 km) long.
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Example Sentences
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So saying, he flung his ax into Lake Onega.
From Time Magazine Archive
East of beleaguered Leningrad Red troops lately transported from Siberia hacked away at Finnish positions on the Aunus Isthmus between Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega.
From Time Magazine Archive
The chief shrine for this northern wooden architecture is the isle of Kizhi in Lake Onega, some 200 miles northeast of Leningrad.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Russians, having retaken a 150-mile enemy-held stretch of the Murmansk-Leningrad railroad between Lakes Ladoga and Onega, were now shipping seaborne supplies direct from Murmansk to Leningrad on this line.
From Time Magazine Archive
“My name is Tilda Vasara. I am the queen of the witches in the Onega region.”
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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