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Vladivostok

Vladivostok

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A large port city in the far east of Russia by the Sea of Japan
  • proper noun
  • /vlædɪˈvɒstɒk/
: Vladivostok
  • The Legion had received permission to travel by rail to Vladivostok to then travel by sea to France to rejoin the Allies.

So the only thing left to do was cross all of Russia, crossing Siberia and making their way to Vladivostok, and then going all the way around the world to France.

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Examples

  • This would mean crossing Siberia to reach Vladivostok and then around the world to fight in France.

  • Soviet representatives journeyed to South Korea, and South Korean business delegations visited Vladivostok on several occasions to establish contacts between their fishermen and functionaries in the fisheries field.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Our Japanese contact will meet you in Vladivostok.

    Silk (2007)

  • I stopped 11 days in Vladivostok.

    Silk (2007)

  • Our first destination was Vladivostok.

    Academic text (2004)

  • I'm on the way to Vladivostok.

    Doctor Zhivago (1965)

  • Well, we've got a forest fire in Vladivostok, a typhoon heading for Singapore.

    Thunderbirds (2004)

  • Participants in an international conference on Amur tigers in Vladivostok in March resolved to address threats to the tigers' future, among them logging in Russian Far East wildlife refuges.

    Academic text (2010)

  • The geographic coverage of the CSCE—from Vancouver to Vladivostok—affords ample scope for collective security.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Our Japanese contact will meet you in Vladivostok.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

The word Vladivostok comes from Russian parts: vlad- meaning 'to rule' or 'to own' and -vostok meaning 'east'. So the name can be read as 'rule the east', which fits because the city is a major port in Russia's eastern area.