Yakutsk

[ yuh-kootsk ]

/ yəˈkutsk /

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noun

the capital of the Yakut Autonomous Republic in the NE Russian Federation in Asia, on the Lena River.

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Words nearby Yakutsk

yakitori, yakka, yakow, Yakut, Yakut Autonomous Republic, Yakutsk, yakuza, Yale, Yale lock, y'all, Yalong Jiang

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How to use Yakutsk in a sentence

It was minus-61 degrees Fahrenheit in Yakutsk, about 300 miles south of the Arctic Circle, on Saturday, but the people still came.
Alexey Navalny Is Succeeding Where Putin's Other Opponents Have Failed. Why?|Michael Weiss|January 27, 2021|Time
They are sent to lonely settlements, many of them up at Yakutsk; though, of course, there are some down here.
Condemned as a Nihilist|George Alfred Henty
His protestation was answered by his transfer to the frozen region of the province of Yakutsk in Eastern Siberia!
Contemporary Russian Novelists|Serge Persky
Their one aim was to get away from Asia before fresh orders could come overland from Yakutsk.
Vikings of the Pacific|Agnes C. Laut

Thorshavn and Yakutsk are excellent examples of the temperature differences along the same latitude line (see fig. 11).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5|Various
Two or three years ago a mail carrier from Ayan to Yakutsk was visited by a bear during a night halt.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life|Thomas Wallace Knox

British Dictionary definitions for Yakutsk

Yakutsk

/ (Russian jɪˈkutsk) /

noun

a port in E Russia, capital of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia), on the Lena River. Pop: 214 000 (2005 est)

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