Sayan Mountains

American  

[sah-yahn] / sɑˈyɑn /

plural noun

1. a mountain range in the S Russian Federation in central Asia. Highest peak, Munku Sardik, 11,447 feet (3,490 meters).

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Sayan Mountains British  

/ sɑːˈjæn /

plural noun

1. a mountain range in S central Russia, in S Siberia. Highest peak: Munku-Sardyk, 3437 m (11 457 ft)

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Example Sentences

Shuluta lies on a bank of the Irkut River, on a plain at the foot of the Sayan Mountains, which are sacred to the Khongodor and Terte tribes, according to Dora Khamaganova, the press secretary at the Tunkinsky district administration, whose mother is from the Khongodor tribe.

From Washington Post

Chuluu has lived all his life in the centuries-old tradition of his Dukha ancestors, renowned for their reindeer-herding and hunter-gathering skills in the forests of the rugged Sayan Mountains straddling the Russian border.

From Reuters

He disappeared a week ago on Sunday morning during a hiking trip with friends in the Sayan mountains.

From Time

A local folk song celebrates Maamkhuu’s home, the Altai Sayan mountains of western Mongolia:

From National Geographic

Inevitably, the big cats are now preying on the domesticated animals, and to protect their livelihoods, herders are hunting snow leopards, whose numbers are as low as 4,000, with perhaps a quarter of them in the Altai Sayan mountains.

From National Geographic