Tuva

Also Tu·vin·i·an

[too-vuh]

noun

plural

Tuvas ,

plural

Tuva .

1. a member of a people living in the Tuva Autonomous Republic and adjacent areas.

2. the Turkic language of the Tuva people.

Example Sentences

By the time Bayern Munich came on, beating Ajax 4-2, players were full of fun and energy - Norwegian defender Tuva Hansen even whipping off her shirt to celebrate in Chloe Kelly style after scoring a rare goal.

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He also shared a photo of a red Russian military card that gives the place of birth as Turan, in the Tuva Republic, which is close to Mongolia.

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The intelligence service said that when the prisoners were captured, one of the soldiers had a Russian military ID card issued in the name of another person with registration in the Tuva Republic.

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Zelensky's office said in a statement on Saturday that the Russians "are trying to hide the fact that these are soldiers from North Korea by giving them documents claiming they are from Tuva or other territories under Moscow's control".

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It showed that for every Muscovite who dies in the war, 87.5 people die in Dagestan, Russia’s southernmost republic; 275 people in Buryatia, where he lives; and 350 people in Tuva, home to an Asian minority and the poorest region of Russia.

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