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Selenga

American  
[sel-eng-gah] / ˌsɛl ɛŋˈgɑ /

noun

  1. a river in northern central Asia, flowing east and north through the northwestern Mongolian People's Republic through the Republic of Buryatia in the southeastern Russian Federation to Lake Baikal. About 700 miles (1,125 km) long.


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They took the Selenga clear to Hong Kong for examination, on the suspicion that the metals were destined for Germany via the Trans-Siberian Railway.

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week the Selenga and her cargo were still detained at Hong Kong, when in came the Vladimir Mayakovsky, also under British escort.

From Time Magazine Archive

Report was that the officers & crew of the Selenga, refusing to submit, were placed under arrest.

From Time Magazine Archive

Now if we keep a little west of south we shall strike the Selenga river, which runs through Maimatchin, and then we shall be in China.

From Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia by Paget, Walter

Its level is subject to slight oscillations, and after a heavy five weeks' rain in 1869 it rose 7 ft., an immense territory at the mouth of the Selenga being submerged.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various

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