Definitions
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- proper noun A
river inRussia .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian
- noun a Russian river in Siberia; rises in mountains near the Mongolian border and flows generally northward into the Kara Sea
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Yenisei is one of the great rivers in the world.
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The Yenisei is one of the great rivers in the world.
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East of the Yenisei are the Tunguses, a small people divided into "settled," "horse," "reindeer," and "dog" Tunguses, according to the domestic animal of most importance to their mode of life.
From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908
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Ilya Naymushin/Reuters SKI AND PADDLE: Nikolai Vasilyov, 58, moved on home-made skis constructed of foam plastic along the Yenisei River as he attempted to travel some 25 miles from the Siberian city of Divnogorsk to Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Friday.
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-- Major civil-engineering projects, including a new bridge across the Yenisei River in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, have for the last two years been controlled by Glonass positioning technology.
Glonass To Unlink Russia From GPS Dependence Oxford Analytica 2010
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-- Major civil-engineering projects, including a new bridge across the Yenisei River in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, have for the last two years been controlled by Glonass positioning technology.
Glonass To Unlink Russia From GPS Dependence Oxford Analytica 2010
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Putin last year made it into glossy magazines across the world by donning combat trousers and baring his muscular torso for photographers while on a fishing trip in the Yenisei river.
putin & the tiger 2008
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Putin last year made it into glossy magazines across the world by donning combat trousers and baring his muscular torso for photographers while on a fishing trip in the Yenisei river.
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From the rails they boarded barges and steamed north on the Yenisei.
No Escape: Getting Out Of The Gulag Sammy Perlmutter 2010
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The joint project of Google and the Russian Railways lets you take a trip along the famous route and see Baikal, Khekhtsirsky range, Barguzin mountains, Yenisei river and many other picturesque places of Russia without leaving your house.
Archive 2010-02-28 Bill Crider 2010
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