Kamchatka

[ kam-chaht-kuh, -chat-; Russian kuhm-chyaht-kuh ]

/ kæmˈtʃɑt kə, -ˈtʃæt-; Russian kʌmˈtʃyɑt kə /

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noun

a peninsula in the NE Russian Federation in Asia, extending S between the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk. 750 miles (1,210 km) long; 104,200 sq. mi. (269,880 sq. km) wide.

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OTHER WORDS FROM Kamchatka

Kam·chat·kan, adjective, noun

Words nearby Kamchatka

Kamarhati, Kama Sutra, Kamba, kambal, Kamchadal, Kamchatka, Kamchatkan, kame, kameez, Kamehameha Day, Kamehameha I

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How to use Kamchatka in a sentence

Near Kamchatka, in Russia’s far east, a proposed 100-gigawatt tidal power complex that was once thought too expensive is now being reevaluated as a potential hydrogen factory.
The Soviets turned the Volga River into a machine. Then the machine broke.|Olga Dobrovidova|December 15, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Tata Power won a contract in 2017 to mine coal in Kamchatka, a sub-Arctic region in northern Russia.
India’s Dirty Arctic Energy Hunt|Charu Kasturi|January 11, 2021|Ozy
We were passing under an arc lamp, and, for the dismay his face showed, I might have said Kamchatka.
The Riddle of the Sands|Erskine Childers
And yet, there were definite signs of land eastward of Kamchatka—driftwood, seaweed, sea-birds.
Vikings of the Pacific|Agnes C. Laut

That was the question the officers accompanying Bering asked themselves as the white peaks of Kamchatka faded on the offing.
Vikings of the Pacific|Agnes C. Laut
The thunder of the surf against the rocky caves of Kamchatka coast fades fainter.
Vikings of the Pacific|Agnes C. Laut
And a vessel for inland seas must be constructed to cross to the Kamchatka peninsula of the North Pacific.
Vikings of the Pacific|Agnes C. Laut

British Dictionary definitions for Kamchatka

Kamchatka

/ (Russian kamˈtʃatkə) /

noun

a peninsula in E Russia, between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Sea. Length: about 1200 km (750 miles)

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