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sea of okhotsk

/ˌsiː əv əˈxɒtsk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables
sea of okhot-sk
IPA
/ˌsiː əv əˈxɒtsk/
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A sea between the Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands on the southeast, the island of Hokkaidō to the far south, the island of Sakhalin along the west, and a long stretch of eastern Siberian coast along the west and north.

Etymology

Named after Okhotsk, the first Russian settlement in the Far East, whose name is derived from Even окат (okat, “river”).

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /ˌsiː əv əˈxɒtsk/

Inflected Forms

the Sea of Okhotsk (canonical)

Questions

How do you pronounce sea of okhotsk?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌsiː əv əˈxɒtsk/.
What does sea of okhotsk mean?
A sea between the Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands on the southeast, the island of Hokkaidō to the far south, the island of Sakhalin along the west, and a long stretch of eastern Siberian coast along the west and north.
Where does sea of okhotsk come from?
Named after Okhotsk, the first Russian settlement in the Far East, whose name is derived from Even окат (okat, “river”).

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