Okhotsk

[ oh-kotsk; Russian uh-khawtsk ]

noun

1. Sea of Okhotsk, an arm of the North Pacific Ocean enclosed by the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kurile Islands, Sakhalin, and the Russian Federation in Asia. 582,000 square miles (1,507,380 square kilometers); greatest depth, 10,554 feet (3,217 meters).

Okhotsk

/ aˈɔxtsk; ˈəʊkɒtsk /

noun

1. Sea of Okhotsk
   part of the NW Pacific, surrounded by the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kurile Islands, Sakhalin Island, and the E coast of Siberia. Area: 1 589 840 sq km (613 838 sq miles)

Word History and Origins

Origin of Okhotsk¹

First recorded in 1815–20; from Russian Okhótsk, equivalent to Okhot(a) the name of a river, probably from Evenki (Lamut) okat “river” + -sk, Russian noun suffix used in placenames

Example Sentences

Okhotsk is one of the oldest towns of East Siberia, having been founded in 1649.

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Bering himself started out on August 16, with 200 horses, and after a journey of forty-five days, reached Okhotsk.

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In the second place, he was no doubt unwilling to trust his invaluable stores in the inferior vessels built at Okhotsk.

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Their destination was the Bolshoya, situated 650 miles from Okhotsk, where they arrived September 4.

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Losseff says that in this way, other things being favorable, Okhotsk was reached in three years.

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