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  • proper noun The capital city of the Komi Republic, Russia.

Etymologies

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From Komi Syktyv (name of the river) + kar "city".

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Examples

  • OAO Syktyvkar Tissue Group, a toilet-paper producer, plans to float up to 30% of its shares on Micex, Russia's major stock exchange, in April or May.

    Timing Is Key for Russia's IPO Hopefuls Nadia Popova 2011

  • But after one year of studies she transferred to a feldsher track (a medical or surgical practitioner without full professional qualifications) and after graduating worked as a regional doctor in Syktyvkar.

    Bracha Ramot. 2009

  • In 1941, a week before the war between Russia and Germany broke out, she and her family were exiled to the village of Syktyvkar (325 km north of Kirov).

    Bracha Ramot. 2009

  • On July 7, Savva Terentyev, 22, a Russian blogger and musician from Syktyvkar, received a one-year suspended jail sentence for a comment (RUS) he posted on Feb. 15, 2007, on the blog of a local journalist Boris Suranov.

    Russian Blogger's Guilty Verdict Raises Free Speech issues 2008

  • Yevgeny Razsykhaev, 21, is with a mob of schoolmates from Syktyvkar in western Siberia.

    War Of The Faiths 2007

  • A young man had been mauled in the centre of Syktyvkar, Komi's capital.

    The Guardian World News Luke Harding 2010

  • And the signs are that locals are right to be more diligent: A man in his 20s barely escaped with his life when he was mauled by an aggressive bear in early September on the fringes of the regional capital city, Syktyvkar, the main local news channel reported.

    Breaking News: CBS News 2010

  • "Bears have started coming into residential areas more and more often," the city authorities of Komi's regional capital of Syktyvkar said.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Vladimir Loginov said Stepanova had tested positive for the muscle-building anabolic steroid Nandrolone and the blood-booster EPO at last month's national championships in the northern city of Syktyvkar, where she had won two races.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • Iovleva currently shares a room with 12 other women in a home for disabled people in Syktyvkar, Komi's capital.

    The Moscow Times By Natalya Krainova 2010

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