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- proper noun A
peninsula in the northeastern extremity ofAsia . - proper noun A short name for Chukotka
Autonomous Okrug , a federal subject ofRussia located on that peninsula. - proper noun astronomy 2509 Chukotka, an
asteroid .
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Examples
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She set off to visit the Chukchi village on Russia's Chukotka Pennisula on a tractor vehicle -- the main means of transportation in that part of the world.
Steven Crandell: "Show People What They May Not See for Themselves" -- the Photography of Natalie Fobes Steven Crandell 2011
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She set off to visit the Chukchi village on Russia's Chukotka Pennisula on a tractor vehicle -- the main means of transportation in that part of the world.
Steven Crandell: "Show People What They May Not See for Themselves" -- the Photography of Natalie Fobes Steven Crandell 2011
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Two years earlier, as regions from Arkhangelsk to Chukotka were declaring sovereignty, even the hawks felt queasy.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Two years earlier, as regions from Arkhangelsk to Chukotka were declaring sovereignty, even the hawks felt queasy.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Nor were these changes limited to major cities: even in the depressed Arctic outpost of Chukotka car ownership doubled.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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But he stressed that while he was Chukotka's governor, he lacked detailed information about what was going on at Sibneft at the time.
Russian Oligarch Accused of Profiteering Guy Chazan 2011
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Nor were these changes limited to major cities: even in the depressed Arctic outpost of Chukotka car ownership doubled.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Two years earlier, as regions from Arkhangelsk to Chukotka were declaring sovereignty, even the hawks felt queasy.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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He said some of this money went to charitable foundations in Chukotka, a remote region of eastern Russia where he was governor in the 2000s, and some directly into Chukotka's regional budget.
Russian Oligarch Accused of Profiteering Guy Chazan 2011
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Nor were these changes limited to major cities: even in the depressed Arctic outpost of Chukotka car ownership doubled.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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