Yenisei

[ yen-uh-sey ]

/ ˌyɛn əˈseɪ /

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noun

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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Words nearby Yenisei

yen, Yenakiyeve, Yenakiyevo, Yenan, Yen Hsi-shan, Yenisei, Yeniseian, Yenisei Ostyak, yenta, Yentai, yeo.

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How to use Yenisei in a sentence

Though fed by numerous streams, it has only one outlet, the Angara, a tributary of the Yenisei.
Some Heroes of Travel|W. H. Davenport Adams
The spirit of enterprise which pursued the course of the Oby and Yenisei must have led to the discovery of the icy sea.
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire|Edward Gibbon
A second generation would be impossible, and this would also be the case with Levana in the middle of Yenisei.
Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)|August Weismann
If they could once reach the mouth of the Yenisei, they could always procure the necessary fuel.
The Waif of the "Cynthia"|Andr Laurie and Jules Verne

But Gavronsky suddenly went out to the 'Taiga' on the Yenisei and disappeared.
Beasts, Men and Gods|Ferdinand Ossendowski

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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