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Type River
Usage Russian, English, Turkish, Azerbaijani
Scripts Енисей(Russian)
Pronounced Pron. /jɪ.nʲɪ.ˈsʲej/(Russian) /ɪ.nʲɪ.ˈsʲej/(Russian) /ˌjɛn.ə.ˈseɪ/(English) [key·simplify]
Other Forms FormsYenisei, Enisei, Jenisej (English)
Meaning & History
The name of a river in northern Mongolian and the Siberian federal district of Russia. It may be derived from either Evenki Ионэсси (Ionəssi) meaning "big water" or Old Kyrgyz Эне-Сай (Ene-Sai) meaning "mother river."