Anadyr

[ ah-nuh-deer ]

noun

1. a river in NE Siberian Russia, flowing SW and E to Anadyr Bay, on the Bering Sea. 695 miles (1,118 km) long.

Anadyr

/ aˈnadirj /

noun

1. a town in Russia, in NE Siberia at the mouth of the Anadyr River; the capital of Chukot Autonomous Okrug. Pop: 11 038 (2002)
2. a mountain range in Russia, in NE Siberia, rising over 1500 m (5000 ft)
3. a river in Russia, rising in mountains on the Arctic Circle, south of the Anadyr Range, and flowing east to the Gulf of Anadyr. Length: 725 km (450 miles)
4. Gulf of Anadyr
   an inlet of the Bering Sea, off the coast of NE Russia

Example Sentences

The maneuvers also saw Onyx cruise missiles being fired at a practice target in the Gulf of Anadyr from the coast of the Chukchi Peninsula, it added.

From Washington Times

The maneuvers also saw Onyx cruise missiles being fired at a practice target in the Gulf of Anadyr from the coast of the Chukchi Peninsula, it added.

From Seattle Times

Gemav’e was arrested and died in jail in Anadyr.

From The New Yorker

The simultaneous experience of collectivization and purges increased the number of reindeer collective farms in the Anadyr region to twenty-one by 1940.

From The New Yorker

Anadyr’s workers were mostly indigenous to Chukotka’s tundra and rocky coastline.

From The New Yorker