Siberia
noun
an extensive region in the Russian Federation in N Asia, extending from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific.
trans-Siberian
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a word derived from
Siberia.
Example Sentences
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“One day, I said: Ellie, I’ve always wanted to ride the trans-Siberian train. Do you think that’s something we could go on as a trip together?”
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
Mines, factories, and later grand infrastructure projects such as the trans-Siberian railway were to be manned by productive, hardy labourers, harvesting Siberia’s natural riches while rehabilitating themselves.
From Economist ● Aug. 18, 2016
Some claim that a logic bomb was responsible for an explosion on the trans-Siberian pipeline in the ’80s, but that assertion has been widely disputed.
From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2016
As an Easter present, Czar Nicholas gave his wife a 10-inch-tall egg, engraved on its top with the complete trans-Siberian route.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2014
Engineering, on trans-Siberian railroad in charge of a woman, 102.
From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by John Augustine Zahm
