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Murmansk

Murmansk

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A port city in northwest Russia above the Arctic Circle
  • proper noun
: Murmansk
  • American Liberty Ship on course to Murmansk, lost from sight.
  • Murmansk region

Seven more convoy collection points were set up at Halifax, Panama, Rio, Murmansk, Port Said, Gibraltar and Dakar.

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Examples

  • British and French troops land at Murmansk in northern Russia.

  • Then-Secretary-General Mikhail Gorbachev's widely noted speech on a new Soviet Arctic policy, delivered in Murmansk on 1 October 1987, promised an end to the blanket of secrecy that had stifled Arctic research for decades.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Perhaps our friends in Murmansk have come up with something new.

    The Hunt for Red October (1990)

  • Let me give you my address in Murmansk, too, Mac.

    Local Hero (1983)

  • Tomorrow night, a ship from Murmansk... will arrive in the front berth.

    Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)

  • Since going West was impossible and the route to Murmansk was blocked by the Bolshevists, they had to go east.

    The Great War

  • There's a package coming in on a ship from Murmansk.

    Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)

  • The US aided the White Army and invaded and occupied Murmansk.

    Blog text (10)

  • A fast lane is now under development between the Arctic port of Murmansk, in Russia, and the Hudson Bay port of Churchill, in Canada, which is connected to the North American rail network.

    Academic text (2008)

  • CNN's Steve Harrigan reports from the Russian port city of Murmansk.

Surface Forms

Murmansk main

Etymology

Murmansk comes from the old local name Murman, meaning 'north man' or 'Norwegian', plus the Russian ending -sk that makes a place name. So the name points to its far-north location and its ties to Norway, which helps explain why Murmansk is a major port above the Arctic Circle.