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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of south-central Russia on the Ob River east of Omsk. An important transportation hub on the Trans-Siberian Railroad, it prospered after the development of the Kuznetsk Basin.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun A city in the Asian part of Russia. Much Soviet military research was performed there, and until the 1990's it was restricted from entry by foreigners.

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  • proper noun A city in Siberia, Russia.

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  • noun a city in the Asian part of Russia on the Ob river; largest city in Siberia

Etymologies

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From Russian Новосиби́рск, from новый (nóvyj) "new" and Сибирь (Sibír') "Siberia".

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