trans-siberian
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.28 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Nonstandard form of trans-Siberian.
name
adj
Across or on the other side of Siberia.
Example Sentences
- "Ekaterinburg is connected by rail with Cheliabinsk, on the Trans-Siberian line. In the vicinity are the gold-mines of Niviansk and Beresov."
- "The Chinese Eastern Railway Company was formed by the bank under this agreement, to construct and work the line, and surveys were made in 1897, the town of Harbin being founded as headquarters for the work. The line, which affords through communication from Europe by way of the Trans-Siberian system, enters Manchuria near a station of that name in the north-west corner of the country, passes Khailar, and runs south-east, near Tsitsihar, to Harbin."
- "However, perhaps the most extraordinary railway line was still to come: the Trans-Siberian. Stretching for nearly 6,000 miles and connecting Moscow with Vladivostok on the Sea of Japan, it was completed in 1904, fully 13 years after construction started."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
the Trans-Siberian (canonical)
transsiberian (alternative)