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kola peninsula

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables
ko-la penin-su-la
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, in the far north of Russia. It borders upon the Barents Sea on the north and the White Sea on the east and south.

Etymology

Calque of Russian Кольский полуостров (Kolʹskij poluostrov).

Inflected Forms

the Kola Peninsula (canonical)

Phrases

Kola Bay

Frequently Paired Words

Kola Bay

Questions

What does kola peninsula mean?
A peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, in the far north of Russia. It borders upon the Barents Sea on the north and the White Sea on the east and south.
Where does kola peninsula come from?
Calque of Russian Кольский полуостров (Kolʹskij poluostrov).

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