Kolyma

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • An area in the far north-eastern region of Russia; location of Stalinist slave labour camps in the 1930s to 1950s.
  • A river in the far north-eastern area of Russia.

Origin

  • From the Russian Колыма́

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