Meanings
proper noun
- The regions of Norway and Russia that border the Barents Sea.
Oil and gas production is potentially one of the most important growth industries in Barents Russia.
2004, Bjørn Brunstad, Big Oil Playground, Russian Bear Preserve Or European Periphery?, →ISBN, page 391 more example
The establishment of the Baltic and Barents cooperation councils was therefore an expression of a Nordic willingness to play an active part and indicative that the societies of the North are willing to consider new patterns of interaction.
1993, Arctic Challenges: Report from the Nordic Council's Parliamentary Conference in Reykjavik 16-17 August 1993, →ISBN, page 50 - Willem Barents
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