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Transbaikal

Today it means: A mountainous region to the east of Lake Baikal in Russia. Full definition →

Russian Забайка́лье

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Russian · calque ofЗабайка́лье
English todayTransbaikal

From trans + Baikal. Calque of Russian Забайка́лье (Zabajkálʹje, literally “beyond the Baikal”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.