Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of west-central Russia on the Kama River in the foothills of the Ural Mountains. Founded in the early 1700s when a copper foundry was built there, it grew rapidly as an industrial center in the 1800s.

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  • proper noun historical region of northeastern Russia, corresponding to the Kama basin, a left tributary of the Volga. In Russian known as Пермь, also Пермь Великая "Great Perm" or Пермь Камская Kamskaya Perm after the Kama River.
  • proper noun City in Russia, administrative centre of Perm kray near the Ural mountains.

Etymologies

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Rendition of the Russian toponym Пермь, probably from a Finno-Permic (Uralic) stem, compared to Estonian põrand, dialectal põrmand "floor, ground" by P. Alvre in Keel na Kirjandus No 7, 1981, pp. 407-413.

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Examples

  • PERM, Russia - Russian emergency officials say the number of people killed by a nightclub fire in the Urals city of Perm has risen to 112.

    FOXNews.com 2009

  • PERM, Russia (Reuters) - Russia observed a national day of mourning on Monday for the 112 victims of a weekend nightclub blaze, as investigators stepped up their probe into fire safety breaches and burials continued in Perm.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2009

  • PERM, Russia, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The death toll from a nightclub fire in Perm, Russia, has risen to 143, said officials who allege inspectors failed to review the club's safety standards.

    Latest News - UPI.com 2009

  • December 6th, 2009 MOSCOW/PERM - The toll in the deadly fire at a nightclub in the Russian Urals city of Perm has risen to 110, authorities said Sunday.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • PERM, Russia (AP) - Russian emergency officials say the number of people killed by a nightclub fire in the Urals city of Perm has risen to 112.

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  • PERM -- The right engine of the Boeing 737-500 caught fire as it prepared to land in Perm, they said.

    CTV News RSS Feed 2008

  • PERM, September 15 (RIA Novosti) - DNA tests to identify victims of the Sunday plane crash near the city of Perm in the Urals will begin in a Moscow forensic lab in the next few days, the head of the Federal Air Navigation Service said Monday.

    RIA Novosti 2008

  • Born to a soon-to-be-ruined minor noble family in Perm, on the very edge of Europe, Diaghilev began his career by running an arts magazine.

    Beauty of the Ballets Russes Paul Levy 2010

  • Born on 19 March 1872, Diaghilev grew up in Perm, at the foot of the Urals, and his childhood was one of horses and carriages and imperial winters.

    Diaghilev: Lord of the dance Andrew O'Hagan 2010

  • The blast took place at a nightclub in the Russian city of Perm, which is about 950 miles east of Moscow.

    CNN Transcript Dec 4, 2009 2009

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