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Urals

Urals

5 6.0
A mountain range in western Russia from the Arctic Ocean to the Caspian Sea that divides Europe and Asia
  • proper noun
  • /ˈjʊrəlz/
: Urales
  • Many natural resources are found in the Urals, including minerals and forests.

Examples

  • The mountain range known as the Urals separates Europe from Asia.

  • The improvement of transportation infrastructure would give western Siberia and the Urals new export routes to Asia, and China's Xinjiang region would gain a window onto the south.

    Academic text (2005)

  • The second set will take you east through the Urals.

    Firefox (1982)

  • The Russian army group in the western Urals is equipped with a new type of gun.

    Village of the Damned (1960)

  • I found myself somewhere in the Urals.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Let's head north to the Urals.

    Firefox (1982)

  • In defiance of the Central Committee, he returned to the Urals and resumed his agitation.

    Blog text (4)

  • The late French leader Charles de Gaulle agreed with the geographers that Europe stretches "from the Atlantic to the Urals."

    Academic text (1994)

  • Art treasures were being evacuated to vaults in the Urals, but the Germans overran the Summer Palace.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The Urals stretch over 2,500 kilometers from the Arctic Ocean to the Caspian Sea.

Synonyms

Ural
vsUrals
3 5.1

A mountain range in Russia that forms part of the border between Europe and Asia

is the full range extending from Arctic Ocean to Caspian Sea as divider
Ural Mountains
vsUrals
3 3.0

A mountain range in western Russia that separates Europe and Asia

is the identical geographic name but in a shorter plural form

Surface Forms

Urals main

Morphology

Urals = Ural (transparent) = Ural + s

The form is the regular English plural of the proper noun 'Ural', so the meaning is directly predictable as the plural.

Etymology

Urals may come from an old local or Turkic word ural meaning 'belt' or 'ridge', because the mountains form a long band across the land. That's why a helpful way to remember the Urals is to think of a 'belt' that marks the border between Europe and Asia.