Etymology

Sea of Okhotsk

Today it means: A sea between the Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands on the southeast, the island of Hokkaidō to the far south, the island of Sakhalin along the west, and a long stretch of eastern Siberian coast along the west and north. Full definition →

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  1. eve · derived fromокат“river”
  2. English todaySea of Okhotsk

Named after Okhotsk, the first Russian settlement in the Far East, whose name is derived from Even окат (okat, “river”).

Words from the same roots

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