Etymology

Kemerovo

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Today it means: An oblast of Russia in Siberia. Full definition →

Proto-Turkic *kömür
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The story

  1. Proto-Turkic · derived from*kömür“coal”
  2. English todayKemerovo

Borrowed from Russian Ке́мерово (Kémerovo). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kömür (“coal”).

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