Etymology

Okhotsk

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Today it means: An urban locality, a work settlement, the administrative center of Okhotsky district, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. Full definition →

Russian Охо́тск ← eve окат
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The story

  1. eve · derived fromокат“river”
  2. Russian · borrowed fromОхо́тск
  3. English todayOkhotsk

From Russian Охо́тск (Oxótsk), derived from Even окат (okat, “river”).

Words from the same roots

eveокат all →

Sea of Okhotsk

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