Vla·di·vos·tok (vl d  -v-st k , -vstk, vl-dy-v-stôk) A city of extreme southeast Russia on an arm of the Sea of Japan. It has been a naval base since 1872 and grew rapidly after the completion of the Trans-Siberian Railroad in the early 1900s. Population: 587,000. |
Vladivostok [ˌvlædɪˈvɒstɒk (Russian) vlədivasˈtɔk]
n
(Placename) a port in SE Russia, on the Sea of Japan: terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway; the main Russian Pacific naval base since 1872 and chief commercial and civilian Russian port in the Far East; university (1956). Pop.: 613 100 (1999 est.)
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| Noun | 1. |  Vladivostok - a seaport in the Asian part of RussiaRussian Federation, Russia - a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state |
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