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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river of central Russia flowing about 1,850 km (1,150 mi) north and west from Lake Baikal to the Yenisey River.
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river inRussia .
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- noun a river in southeastern Siberia that flows northwest from Lake Baikal to become a tributary of the Yenisei River
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Examples
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A second came from the burning charcoals (called Angara) and hence he came to be called by the name of Angiras.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Its only outflow is the lower Angara, which issues through a rocky cleft on the west shore.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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From Kirensk it would be but little more than a hundred miles to the nearest point on the Angara, which is one of the principal branches of the Yenesei.
Condemned as a Nihilist A Story of Escape from Siberia Walter Paget 1867
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* The deliberations of Congress in enacting RA 8047 clearly show their intent that the law should enable books to be imported duty-free, consistent with the Florence Agreement (it quotes a speech by Senator Angara) * Once the NBDB says the books may be imported duty-free, no other agency can say no
On the Great Book Blockade of 2009 (Updated 7 May) (with BDAP Paper) « BAHAY TALINHAGA 2009
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The earliest recorded reference concerning the fact that book importation per se (without specifying the type or nature of the book) is clearly understood to be tax and duty free is the Explanatory Note of Senate Bill No. 252 given by then Senator Angara in his sponsorship speech on 16 November 1992.
On the Great Book Blockade of 2009 (Updated 7 May) (with BDAP Paper) « BAHAY TALINHAGA 2009
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Sen. Angara continued to say that “It is much better to import books than to print books in this country because imported books do not attract any duty or tax at all.”
On the Great Book Blockade of 2009 (Updated 7 May) (with BDAP Paper) « BAHAY TALINHAGA 2009
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And when the Russians are "talking payload" they are talking Proton 22 tonnes (48 501.6977 lbs) to ISS or better still Angara 150!
ISS About to Have a Crew of Six With Soyuz-TMA 15 Launch - NASA Watch 2009
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The shuttles had created the hole with pulse bombs, and Corto's team had dropped in in Nightwing microlights, their wings snapping taut in moonlight, reflected in jags of silver along the rivers Angara and Podhamennaya, the last light Corto would see for fifteen months.
Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth Boudreau Freret 2010
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The name of the river was I think Angara, or Witim, pronouncedVitim.
Reindeer Nights 2009
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The base of this network are the larger tributaries of the Enisey River, such as the Angara, Podkamennaya Tunguska and Nizhnyaya Tunguska, as well as those of the Lena River, such as the Bilyuy, Vitim, and Aldan.
East Siberian taiga 2008
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