novaia zemlia
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Example Sentences
- "The mountains between the Caſpian and the lake Aral […] after being divided by the ſtraits of Weygat, reach their termination in the mountains of Novaia Zemlia. […] [W]e are not much more acquainted with the great deſert Ural. However, it is thought the latter goes on increaſing moftly northwards, […] running on with its ſtrongeft part to Novaia Zemlia, and perhaps iſſues alſo a branch weſtward through the lake, which is full of rocky iſlands, quite to the lapland mountains."
- "[Michael] Hittle said four American companies are embarking on a Siberian oil venture in the Novaia Zemlia (also spelled Novaya Zemlya) island area in the Arctic Circle."
- "Launched in 1957, the Lenin, the USSR’s first nuclear powered icebreaker, was powered by three OK-150 reactors. In February 1965, there was a loss of coolant incident, and some of the fuel elements melted or deformed inside reactor number two. The debris was removed and stored for two years, and subsequently dumped in Tsivolki Bay near Novaia Zemlia two years later."