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Yenisei

ye·ni·sei

US/ˌjɛnəˈseɪ/ uncommon

noun

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a Russian river in Siberia; rises in mountains near the Mongolian border and flows generally northward into the Kara Sea

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Origin

Borrowed from Russian Енисе́й (Jeniséj) from Old Kyrgyz Эне-Сай (Ene-Say, “mother river”) or from Evenki Ионэсси (Ionəssi, “big water”). See more detail

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