What does "kolyma" mean?

An area in the far north-eastern region of Russia; location of Stalinist slave labour camps in the 1930s to 1950s.

Kolyma

Common synonyms include: area, geographic region, gulag network, labor camp system, penal camp network, region.

/kəlɪˈma/ name

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Proper Noun

1
An area in the far north-eastern region of Russia; location of Stalinist slave labour camps in the 1930s to 1950s.
2
A river in the far north-eastern area of Russia.

Borrowed from Russian Колыма́ f (Kolymá).