Pechora

American  

[puh-chawr-uh, -chohr-uh, pyi-chyaw-ruh] / pəˈtʃɔr ə, -ˈtʃoʊr ə, pyɪˈtʃyɔ rə /

noun

1. a river in the NE Russian Federation in Europe, flowing from the Ural Mountains to the Arctic Ocean. 1,110 miles (1,785 km) long.

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Pechora British  

/ pɪˈtʃɔrə /

noun

1. a river in N Russia, rising in the Ural Mountains and flowing north in a great arc to the Pechora Sea (the SE part of the Barents Sea). Length: 1814 km (1127 miles)

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Example Sentences

The Jewish girl and her family were first imprisoned in a ghetto on the outskirts of town and later forced onto a cattle car that took them to the Pechora concentration camp in 1941.

From Washington Times • Apr. 18, 2023

Asian customers are particularly interested in Russia's S-400 Triumf missile defence systems, short-range surface-to-air missiles systems such as the Osa, Pechora or Strela, as well as Su-30 warplanes, MiG-29 helicopters and drones, Shugayev said.

From Reuters • Feb. 13, 2023

For Russia, even more significant oil and gas prospects lie further east in the Kara and Pechora Seas and on the Yamal Peninsula, a slender extension of Siberia.

From Salon • Feb. 16, 2020

Greenpeace International sent the ship to the Pechora Sea to draw attention to the potential environmental threats caused by a rush to exploit natural resources in the Arctic.

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2013

The Syryenian headquarters are at the town of Ishma on the Pechora, whereas the name Permian is more correctly restricted to the inhabitants of the right bank of the upper Kama.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various