Yenisei

Y4E1N1I1S1E1I1
US/ˌjɛnəˈseɪ/

proper noun

A river in Russia, the longest river of Siberia. It flows from south to north into the Arctic Ocean, splitting Siberia in two parts: the Eastern Siberia and the Western Siberia.

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EnetsEntsiEntsyYenisei-SamoyedYeniseianEntsi languageYenisei-Samoyed languageYenisei language
OriginRussian Енисе́й ← Kyrgyz Эне-Сай ← Evenki Ионэсси →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Yenesei · alternative Yenisey · alternative Yenissei

  1. A river in Russia, the longest river of Siberia. It flows from south to north into the Arctic Ocean, splitting Siberia in two parts: the Eastern Siberia and the Western Siberia.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian

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EnetsEntsiEntsyYenisei-SamoyedYeniseianEntsi languageYenisei-Samoyed languageYenisei languageEnets languageEntsy languageYeniseian language
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SamoyedicSamoyedSamoyed language
Also see
enetsyeniseian

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. EvenkiИонэсси“big water”
  2. KyrgyzЭне-Сай“mother river”
  3. RussianЕнисе́й
  4. EnglishYenisei

Borrowed from Russian Енисе́й (Jeniséj) from Old Kyrgyz Эне-Сай (Ene-Say, “mother river”) or from Evenki Ионэсси (Ionəssi, “big water”). See more detail

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Translations

Arabic يِنِسِي
  • يِنِسِي (yinisī)river in Russia
Bulgarian Енисе́й
  • Енисе́й (Eniséj)river in Russia
Chinese Mandarin 葉尼塞河 /叶尼塞河
  • 葉尼塞河 /叶尼塞河 (Yènísài hé)river in Russia
Czech Jenisej
  • Jenisejriver in Russia
Danish Jenisej
  • Jenisejriver in Russia
Finnish Jenisei
  • Jeniseiriver in Russia
French Ienisseï
  • Ienisseïriver in Russia
German Jenissei
  • Jenisseiriver in Russia
Greek Γενισέι, Ιενεσέης
  • Γενισέι (Geniséi)river in Russia
  • Ιενεσέης (Ieneséis)river in Russia
Hungarian Jenyiszej
  • Jenyiszejriver in Russia
Italian Jenisej
  • Jenisejriver in Russia
Japanese エニセイ川
  • エニセイ川 (Enisei-gawa)river in Russia
Korean 예니세이 강
  • 예니세이 강river in Russia
Polish Jenisej
  • Jenisejriver in Russia
Portuguese Ienissei, Yenisei
  • Ienisseiriver in Russia
  • Yeniseiriver in Russia
  • Yenisseiriver in Russia
  • Yenisseyriver in Russia
Russian Енисе́й
  • Енисе́й (Jeniséj)river in Russia
Slovak Jenisej
  • Jenisejriver in Russia
Spanish Yeniséi
  • Yeniséiriver in Russia
Swedish Jenisej
  • Jenisejriver in Russia
Turkish Yenisey
  • Yeniseyriver in Russia
Ukrainian Єнісе́й
  • Єнісе́й (Jeniséj)river in Russia
Cite this entry
APA

Yenisei. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yenisei

MLA

“Yenisei.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yenisei. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yenisei,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yenisei.

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