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I only saw one English-speaking person all the way across Siberia.
Ian Frazier

Meaning of "Siberia" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SIBERIA

Siberia  [saɪˈbɪərɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SIBERIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Siberia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SIBERIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Siberia

Siberia

Coordinates: 60°0′N 105°0′E / 60.000°N 105.000°E / 60.000; 105.000 Siberian Federal District Geographic Russian Siberia Siberia according to widest definition and in historical use Siberia (/saɪˈbɪəriə/; Russian: Сиби́рь, tr. Sibir', IPA: ( listen)) is an extensive geographical region, consisting of almost all of North Asia. Siberia has been historically part of Russia since the seventeenth century. The territory of Siberia extends eastwards from the Ural Mountains to the watershed between the Pacific and Arctic drainage basins. Siberia stretches southwards from the Arctic Ocean to the hills of north-central Kazakhstan and to the national borders of Mongolia and China. Siberia is 77% of Russia (13.1 million square kilometres), but has just 27% (40 million people) of Russia's population.

Definition of Siberia in the English dictionary

The definition of Siberia in the dictionary is 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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SIBERIA


Algeria
ælˈdʒɪərɪə
anterior
ænˈtɪərɪə
bacteria
bækˈtɪərɪə
cafeteria
ˌkæfɪˈtɪərɪə
ceria
ˈsɪərɪə
criteria
kraɪˈtɪərɪə
exterior
ɪkˈstɪərɪə
feria
ˈfɪərɪə
Hesperia
hɛˈspɪərɪə
hysteria
hɪˈstɪərɪə
Iberia
aɪˈbɪərɪə
imperia
ɪmˈpɪərɪə
inferior
ɪnˈfɪərɪə
interior
ɪnˈtɪərɪə
Liberia
laɪˈbɪərɪə
Nigeria
naɪˈdʒɪərɪə
posterior
pɒˈstɪərɪə
superior
suːˈpɪərɪə
ulterior
ʌlˈtɪərɪə
wisteria
wɪˈstɪərɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SIBERIA

Siamese twins
Sian
Siang
Siangtan
sib
sibb
Sibelius
Siberian
Siberian forest cat
Siberian husky
sibilance
sibilancy
sibilant
sibilantly
sibilate
sibilation
sibilator
sibilatory
sibilous
Sibiu

WORDS THAT END LIKE SIBERIA

alstroemeria
armeria
asteria
Beria
coliform bacteria
cryptomeria
cyanobacteria
diphtheria
eubacteria
galleria
latimeria
listeria
Pantelleria
Pieria
pizzeria
plumeria
sansevieria
Santeria
sheria
taqueria

Synonyms and antonyms of Siberia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Siberia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SIBERIA

Find out the translation of Siberia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Siberia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Siberia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

西伯利亚
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Siberia
570 millions of speakers

English

Siberia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

साइबेरिया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سيبيريا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Сибирь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Sibéria
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাইবেরিয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Sibérie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Siberia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sibirien
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シベリア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시베리아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Siberia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Siberia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சைபீரியாவில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सायबेरिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sibirya
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Siberia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Syberia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Сибір
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Siberia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Σιβηρία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Siberië
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Sibirien
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Sibir
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Siberia

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SIBERIA»

The term «Siberia» is very widely used and occupies the 23.260 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SIBERIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Siberia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Siberia» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Siberia

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «SIBERIA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Siberia.
1
Jack Dee
The rain forest has Sting. Now Siberia has Jack Dee. Someone had to draw the short straw. In this case it was the rain forest.
2
Ian Frazier
You can find dozens of books about people taking the Trans-Siberian Railroad. I knew I had to do something different to cross Siberia. To drive and to talk with people along the way, that was how I wrote my book 'Great Plains'. I drove and camped in Siberia, but did not have a real program.
3
Ian Frazier
I only saw one English-speaking person all the way across Siberia.
4
Bob Hope
The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast.
5
Sarah Kay
I have always been more comfortable with daredevil acts than with the everyday nuances of life. Let me jump out of a plane, speak in front of a roomful of strangers, even trek across Siberia.
6
Hendrik Poinar
If we brought the mammoth back to Siberia, maybe that would be good for the ecosystems that are changing because of climate change.
7
Hendrik Poinar
It turns out that there are swaths of habitat in the north of Siberia and Yukon that actually could house a mammoth. Remember, this was a highly plastic animal that lived over tremendous climate variation.
8
Robert Powell
I have a number of places on my wish list, including Antarctica, the Norwegian fjords, and the Amazon. I have a passion for wilderness, and Siberia is on my list - however, that may be a bridge too far.
9
Michael Specter
Many climate scientists say their biggest fear is that warming could melt the Arctic permafrost - which stretches for thousands of miles across Alaska, Canada, and Siberia.
10
David Wilkerson
Every Teen Challenge ministry is responsible for raising its own finances, but we assist these works with finances, prayer and counseling, especially overseas in areas such as Siberia, Africa, South America.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SIBERIA»

Discover the use of Siberia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Siberia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Siberia
In a startling portrait of life in Russia, a beautifully illustrated graphic novel takes readers into the heart of the old Soviet empire, exploring the barren Siberian countryside and the people who live and work there. Mature.
Nikolaĭ Maslov, Blake Ferris, Lisa Barocas Anderson, 2006
2
Siberia: A Cultural History
It was Siberia. Siberia is a cradle of civilizations, the birthplace of ancient Turkic empires and home to the cultures of indigenes, including peoples whose ancestors migrated to the Americas.
A. J. Haywood, 2010
3
Siberia
SIBERIA is a state of mind.
Ann Halam, 2010
4
Travels in Siberia
With great empathy and epic sweep, Frazier tells the stories of Siberia’s most famous exiles, from the well-known—Dostoyevsky, Lenin (twice), Stalin (numerous times)—to the lesser known (like Natalie Lopukhin, banished by the empress ...
Ian Frazier, 2010
5
A History of the Peoples of Siberia: Russia's North Asian ...
This is the first ethnohistory of Siberia to appear in English, tracing the history of the native peoples from the Russian conquest onwards.
James Forsyth, 1994
6
The Conquest of a Continent: Siberia and the Russians
This epic of adventure, heroism, discovery, exploitation, and almost unimaginable cruelty is perhaps unrivaled in human history.
W. Bruce Lincoln, 2007
7
Siberia, Siberia
This work offers an account of the Russians' 400 years of experience in Siberia.
Valentin Rasputin, 1997
8
The Deer Goddess of Ancient Siberia: A Study in the Ecology ...
For those interested in Siberia, prehistoric religion, and the art and archeology of the Scytho-Siberian world of the first millennium B.C.
Esther Jacobson, 1993
9
In Siberia
From Mongoloia to the Artic Circle, from Rasputin's village in the west through tundra, taiga, mountains, lakes, rivers, and finally to a derelict Jewish community in the country's far eastern reaches, Colin Thubron penetrates a little ...
Colin Thubron, 2009
10
Frozen Tombs of Siberia: The Pazyryk Burials of Iron Age ...
First published in russian, "Kultura Naseleniya Gornogo Altaya v Skifskoe Vremya", 1953.
Сергей Иванович Руденко, 1970

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SIBERIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Siberia is used in the context of the following news items.
1
One wave of migration from Siberia populated the Americas, DNA …
Native American ancestors reached the new world in a single, initial migration from Siberia at most 23,000 years ago, only later differentiating into today's distinct ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
More than 20 Russian soldiers killed after barracks collapse in Siberia
Twenty-three Russian soldiers were crushed to death after their military barracks collapsed in Siberia, the latest disaster to hit a country known for shoddy ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Putin and Berlusconi spend weekend in Siberia
... for Russian President Vladimir Putin says Putin and former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi spent the weekend together at a vacation home in Siberia. «New York Post, Jun 15»
4
Russian rocket carrying satellite burns up over Siberia
A Russian rocket carrying a Mexican satellite has malfunctioned and burnt up over Siberia soon after launch on Saturday, Russia's space agency says. «BBC News, May 15»
5
15 dead as grassland fires destroy about 1000 houses in Siberia
Massive fires in the Siberian region of Khakassia have destroyed almost 1,000 homes in over 20 towns and villages. Fifteen people have been killed, and over ... «RT, Apr 15»
6
Burglar in Siberia steals chainsaw, cigarettes, leaves apology picture
MOSCOW — A burglar in a small town in Siberia has broken into a house and left his photograph with a note of apology. The burglar in Prokopyevsk, about ... «New York Post, Apr 15»
7
Photos of Siberia's Mysterious Craters
Seven giant craters have mysteriously appeared in northern Siberia, possibly due to methane gas released from melting permafrost. Check out these ... «Live Science, Feb 15»
8
Passengers get out and push frozen plane in Siberia
A bunch of passengers left their seats to give their frozen plane a push at a snowbound airport in Siberia. That was the situation at Igarka Airport earlier this week ... «CNN, Nov 14»
9
Oldest complete human genome sequenced: DNA of 45000-year …
The DNA comes from an anatomically modern man who roamed Western Siberia 45,000 years ago. His remains were fund near the settlement of Ust'-Ishim in ... «Daily Mail, Oct 14»
10
'Everything aches!' Putin reveals how he spent his birthday in Siberia
Russian President Vladimir Putin has revealed what he did for his 62nd birthday on Tuesday, when he took the day off work and headed into the Siberian ... «RT, Oct 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Siberia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/siberia>. May 2024 ».
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