Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

novaya zemlya

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables: no-vaya zemlya
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An archipelago in the Arctic Ocean in the north of Russia, administered by Arkhangelsk oblast.

Etymology

From Russian Но́вая Земля́ (Nóvaja Zemljá, literally “New Land”).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: Но́вая Земля́

Inflected Forms

Novaia Zemlia (alternative) Nova Zembla (alternative)

Phrases

Novaya Zemlya effect

Frequently Paired Words

Arkhangelsk

Questions

What does novaya zemlya mean?: An archipelago in the Arctic Ocean in the north of Russia, administered by Arkhangelsk oblast.
Where does novaya zemlya come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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