Ilmen

/ ˈɪlmən /

noun

1. Lake Ilmen
   a lake in NW Russia, in the Novgorod Region: drains through the Volkhov River into Lake Ladoga. Area: between 780 sq km (300 sq miles) and 2200 sq km (850 sq miles), according to the season

Example Sentences

Cryolite likewise occurs, though only to a limited extent, at Miyask, in the Ilmen Mountains; at Pike’s Peak, Colorado, and in the Yellowstone Park.

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Simultaneously, another war, also an heritage from Charles IX., had been proceeding in the far distant regions round lakes Ilmen, Peipus and Ladoga, with Great Novgorod as its centre.

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And the lake Ilmen in Russia I take to be in effect the same word as the lake Leman in Switzerland.

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There is a small stream which falls into Lake Ilmen on its western side, and which is called Chorny Ruchei, the Black Brook.

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A vast army was immediately assembled on the shores of the lake of Ilmen, near the city of Novgorod, which commenced its march of three hundred miles, to the remote realms of Souzdal.

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