Yenisei

[yen-uh-sey]

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.

Yenisei

/ 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)

Example Sentences

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.

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My plan was to travel the length of the Yenisei river.

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Russian television also broadcast some of Putin’s trip, showing the adventure-loving leader hiking to a cliff and then pausing to take in the view of the Yenisei River below.

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The video broadcast by Russian television showed Putin walking up the slope and pausing to look at the Yenisei River below and the surrounding mountains.

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

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