Siberia [sahy-beer-ee-uh] Examples noun
- Russian Sibirʾ. an extensive region in the Russian Federation in N Asia, extending from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific.
- any undesirable or isolated locale, job, etc., to which one is assigned as punishment, a mark of disfavor, or the like.
Related formsSi·be·ri·an, adjective, nountrans-Si·be·ri·an, adjective Examples from the Web for trans-siberian Contemporary Examples of trans-siberian
He dreams of riding the Trans-Siberian Railway and visiting Alaska.
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Historical Examples of trans-siberian
Harbin is on the Trans-Siberian Railroad, and was the original hotbed of the disease.
Ellen N. La Motte
The high road, now the Trans-Siberian railway, follows this belt.
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Engineering, on trans-Siberian railroad in charge of a woman, 102.
John Augustine Zahm
The Trans-Siberian railway and the coal resources of Siberia.
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Appleton Prentiss Clark Griffin
America’s part in the completion of the Trans-Siberian railway.
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British Dictionary definitions for trans-siberian Siberia noun
- a vast region of Russia and N Kazakhstan: extends from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific and from the Arctic Ocean to the borders with China and Mongolia; colonized after the building of the Trans-Siberian Railway. Area: 13 807 037 sq km (5 330 896 sq miles)
Word Origin and History for trans-siberian Siberia
region in northwestern Asia, the name said to come from Sibir, ancient Tatar fortress at the confluence of the Tobol and Irtysh rivers. As a typical place of miserable banishment, it is attested from 1841. Related: Siberian.
trans-siberian in Culture Siberia
Region of Russia stretching from north-central to northeastern Asia.
Note Known for its vast space, long and severely cold winters, and few inhabitants widely scattered in small settlements, Siberia has been for many centuries a place of political and criminal exile for Russians who anger the government’s authorities.Note As a consequence of Siberia’s harsh conditions and its historical function as a place of punishment, to be “sent to Siberia” has become a metaphor for demotion, disgrace, or other forms of status diminution.