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Transliteration of Eastern Mari Йошкар-Ола (Joškar-Ola, “Yoshkar-Ola”), from йошкар (joškar, “red”) and ола (ola, “city”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yoshkar-Ola
Today it means: The capital and largest city of Mari El, Russia. Full definition →