Ural
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- proper noun
- /ˈjʊrəl/
- Chelyabinsk is the administrative center of Chelyabinsk Oblast of Russia and is located on the Miass River, just to the east of the Ural Mountains.
- Ural Mountains
Examples
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In this first-person account, retired Col. Valery Yarynich describes his wrenching emotional experience at a Soviet rocket corps base in the Ural Mountains during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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The Ural Mountains have steadily been there to divide Europe from Asia for the last 250 million years.
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Born in Yekaterinburg, the largest city in the Ural Mountains, Skopets comes from a family of musicians and physicians.
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Defined purely in geographical terms, the continent of Europe stretches all the way from the Atlantic Ocean east to the Ural Mountains, thus cutting Russia in half and causing immense confusion, not least in Russia itself.
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Last year's NHL MVP, Pittsburgh's center Evgeni Malkin, has joined Metallurg Magnitogorsk, nestled in the Ural Mountains.
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In the 8th century, some Magyars (Hungarians) moved from the Ural Mountains to an area between the Volga and Don rivers, where the Turkic Khazar tribes were living.
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The Ural Mountains stretch over 1,500 kilometers across western Russia, forming a natural boundary between Europe and Asia.
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Travelers often visit the Ural Mountains for their stunning landscapes and rich biodiversity.
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The Ural Mountains are home to many unique species of plants and animals found nowhere else.
Synonyms
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A mountain range in western Russia from the Arctic Ocean to the Caspian Sea that divides Europe and Asia
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A mountain range in western Russia that separates Europe and Asia
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
One idea is that Ural comes from an old Turkic word ural meaning 'belt'. The Ural Mountains are like a long 'belt' between Europe and Asia, which is why the name fits.