Taimyr Peninsula
or Tai·mir Penin·sula
[ tahy-meer; Russian tahy-mir ]
/ taɪˈmɪər; Russian taɪˈmɪr /
noun
a peninsula in the N Russian Federation in Asia, between the Kara and Laptev seas.
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Words nearby Taimyr Peninsula
tailspin,
tailstock,
tailwater,
tail wheel,
tailwind,
Taimyr Peninsula,
tain,
Tainan,
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Taine,
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How to use Taimyr Peninsula in a sentence
Originally it was a low-level insurgency mainly confined to the Sinai Peninsula .
KIEV, Ukraine—He took the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea with just a few shots fired.
As the Arabian Peninsula flourished, the area became the center of cultural development.
Putin mentioned the word before, during the Crimea crises last spring before he annexed the strategic peninsula.
At present, Russia only has access to the strategic peninsula by sea or by air.
If the "Y" Beach lot press their advantage they may cut off the enemy troops on the toe of the Peninsula.
An aeroplane had reported that the Goeben had come into the Narrows, presumably to fire over the Peninsula with her big guns.
The sailors had hoped they would be able to shield the Southern point of the Peninsula by interposing their ships but they can't.
As I write dead quiet reigns on the Peninsula, literally dead quiet.
Before leaving for France the Emperor had drawn up a cut and dried plan for the systematic conquest of the whole Peninsula.
British Dictionary definitions for Taimyr Peninsula
noun
a large peninsula of N central Russia, between the Kara Sea and the Laptev SeaAlso called: Taymyr Peninsula
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