norilsk
/nˌɔɹˈɪlsk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A city in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, second largest city north of the Arctic Circle.
Example Sentences
- "In the area of the far north, to the east of the Urals, there seem to have been a number of camps of particularly rigorous regime, which are described as of ‘complete isolation’. Only a few rumours about them have emerged, as no one seems in any circumstances to have been released. The death rate is said to have been very high. Norilsk was the centre of a group of camps more deadly than Kolyma."
Etymology
From Russian Нори́льск (Norílʹsk).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Нори́льск