Yenisei

[ yen-uh-sey ]

/ ˌyɛn əˈseɪ /

noun

a river in the Russian Federation in Asia, flowing N from the Sayan Mountains to the Kara Sea. 2566 miles (4080 km) long.

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Examples from the Web for yenisei

They were about a hundred feet above the Yenisei, and could therefore survey the whole of its wide course.
Michael Strogoff|Jules Verne
Having done this, it had descended the valley of the Yenisei and struck the road on a level with Alsalevsk.
Michael Strogoff|Jules Verne
At Krasnoiarsk we cross the Yenisei by a fine bridge nearly two-thirds of a mile long.
From Pole to Pole|Sven Anders Hedin
We were forced to work far back from the shore of the Yenisei and to hide in the woods and mountains.
Beasts, Men and Gods|Ferdinand Ossendowski

Pillaging and ravaging, it had reached the upper course of the Yenisei.
Michael Strogoff|Jules Verne

British Dictionary definitions for yenisei

Yenisei

Yenisey

/ (ˌjɛnɪˈseɪ, Russian jɪniˈsjej) /

noun

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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