Kolyma

//kəlɪˈma// name

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Колыма́ f (Kolymá).

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slave labour

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