Etymology

Salekhard

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Today it means: A town, the administrative center of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug (Yamalia), Russia, located on the Arctic Circle and the Ob Region. Full definition →

Russian Салеха́рд ← Tundra Nenets Саляʼ харад
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  1. Tundra Nenets · derived fromСаляʼ харад
  2. Russian · borrowed fromСалеха́рд
  3. English todaySalekhard

From Russian Салеха́рд (Salexárd), from Tundra Nenets Саляʼ харад (Salyah xarad°, literally “house on a peninsula”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.