Anadyr
Proper noun
Meaning
Anadyr
A port town, the administrative center of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, in extreme northeastern Russia.
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Phrases with the word
Examples
George Kennan, an American working on the Western Union Telegraph Expedition in the late 1860s, found that dog sled travel on the lower Anadyr was limited by lack of firewood.
West of Markovo it is in the Anadyr Highlands (moderate mountains and valleys with a few trees) and east of Markovo it moves into the Anadyr lowlands (very flat treeless tundra with lakes and bogs).
Every year, on the last Sunday in April, there is an ice fishing competition in the frozen estuarine waters of the Anadyr River's mouth.
They sent a telegram from Anadyr to signal their location.
She attended high school in the small Anadyr airport village, Shakhterskiy, administrative center of the region, which is across the Bering Strait from Nome.