Yenisei

American  

[yen-uh-sey] / ˌyɛn əˈseɪ /

noun

1. a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing N from the Sayan Mountains to the Kara Sea. 2,566 miles (4,080 km) long.

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Yenisei British  

/ jɪniˈsjej, ˌjɛnɪˈseɪ /

noun

1. a river in central Russia, in central Siberia, formed by the confluence of two headstreams in the Tuva Republic: flows west and north to the Arctic Ocean; the largest river in volume in Russia. Length: 4129 km (2566 miles)

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Example Sentences

A passenger train moves along an illuminated bridge of the Trans-Siberian Railway across the Yenisei River in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia February 24, 2019.

From Reuters • Mar. 25, 2022

But among the Soyot and Tofalar, near Lake Baikal, only a few dozen remain; and among the Kets in the Yenisei River Basin and the Negidal on the Sea of Okhotsk, almost none at all.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2020

One company, the Yenisei construction company based in Krasnoyarsk in eastern Siberia, said they no longer employ any North Korean workers and are in fact going out of business.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 19, 2019

Russia meanwhile plans to develop two massive new rockets for Moon missions, called Yenisei and Don.

From BBC • Jul. 18, 2019

But when they returned to the station, Lee went at once to the docks and looked for a ship that could give him passage to the mouth of the Yenisei.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman