Vladivostok

[vlad-uh-vos-tok, -vuh-stok; Russian vluh-dyi-vuh-stawk]

noun

a seaport in the SE Russian Federation in Asia, on the Sea of Japan: eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railroad.

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Contemporary Examples of vladivostok

Yet while he praised the USSR publicly, he was making plans in secret to escape to America by way of Vladivostok.
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Katie Baker
September 10, 2014
Rallies and detentions occurred all across the country, from Moscow to Vladivostok.
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July 19, 2013

Historical Examples of vladivostok

His ship was well known in all the ports from Vladivostok to Singapore.
Falk
Joseph Conrad
Moreover, it was a British transport, dropping down from Vladivostok.
The Pagan Madonna
Harold MacGrath
Had they secured reindeer and made their way to Vladivostok?
Panther Eye
Roy J. Snell
Thirty-five per cent of this would do wonders in Vladivostok.
Panther Eye
Roy J. Snell
He did not like the looks of things; he longed to be safely back in Vladivostok with Mazie.
Panther Eye
Roy J. Snell

British Dictionary definitions for vladivostok

Vladivostok

noun

a port in SE Russia, on the Sea of Japan: terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway; the main Russian Pacific naval base since 1872 and chief commercial and civilian Russian port in the Far East; university (1956). Pop: 584 000 (2005 est)

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