Si·be·ri·a 1 (s -bîr  - ) A region of central and eastern Russia stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. Inhabited by a variety of peoples including the Ostyak, Chukchi, Evenki, and Yakut, the extensive area was annexed by Russia in stages during the 16th and 17th centuries. Used as a place of exile for political prisoners since the early 17th century, it was settled by Russians after the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad (completed in 1905) and developed for its mineral resources after World War II. Si·be ri·an adj. & n. |
| Si·be·ri·a 2 (s-bîr-) n. A remote undesirable locale: "exiled to the Registry of Motor Vehicles  the Siberia of state government" (Howie Carr). |
Siberia [saɪˈbɪərɪə]
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(Placename) a vast region of Russia and N Kazakhstan: extends from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific and from the Arctic Ocean to the borders with China and Mongolia; colonized after the building of the Trans-Siberian Railway. Area: 13 807 037 sq. km (5 330 896 sq. miles)
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| Noun | 1. |  Siberia - a vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold wintersKhabarovsk - an administrative territory in Russia on the eastern coast of Siberia Russian Federation, Russia - a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state Kamchatka Peninsula - a peninsula in eastern Siberia; between Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyr Peninsula - a peninsula in northern Siberia Angara, Angara River, Upper Tunguska, Tunguska - a river in southeastern Siberia that flows northwest from Lake Baikal to become a tributary of the Yenisei River Baikal, Baykal, Lake Baikal, Lake Baykal - the largest freshwater lake in Asia or Europe and the deepest lake in the world Bay of Ob, Gulf of Ob - an inlet of the Kara Sea in western Siberia Indigirka, Indigirka River - a river in far eastern Siberia that flows generally northward to the Arctic Ocean Irtish, Irtish River, Irtysh, Irtysh River - an Asian river that rises in the Altai Mountains in northern China and flows generally northwest to become a tributary of the Ob River Lena, Lena River - a Russian river in Siberia; flows northward into the Laptev Sea Ob, Ob River - a major river of western Siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the Gulf of Ob and the Kara Sea Sayan Mountains - a range of mountains in southern Siberia to the west of Lake Baikal; contain important mineral deposits Lower Tunguska, Tunguska - a river that arises to the north of Lake Baikal and flows north and west to the Yenisei River Stony Tunguska, Tunguska - a river in Siberia that flows northwest to become a tributary of the Yenisei River Yenisei, Yenisei River, Yenisey, Yenisey River - a Russian river in Siberia; rises in mountains near the Mongolian border and flows generally northward into the Kara Sea Nganasan - a member of the Samoyedic people living on the Taimyr Peninsula in Siberia Ostyak-Samoyed, Selkup - one of the people of mixed Ostyak and Samoyed origin in Siberia Yeniseian - a member of one of the groups living in the Yenisei river valley in western Siberia Siberian - a native or inhabitant of Siberia |
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