Камчатка

Russian

Etymology

Named after the Kamchadal, an indigenous people inhabiting the Siberian peninsula. The ethnonym is derived from Koryak [script needed] (konchachal), perhaps meaning men of the far end.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɐmˈt͡ɕatkə]

Proper noun

Камча́тка • (Kamčátkaf inan (genitive Камча́тки, nominative plural Камча́тки, genitive plural Камча́ток)

  1. Kamchatka (a long peninsula forming part of Kamchatka Krai in the Far East of Russia, lying between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk)
  2. Kamchatka (a krai and federal subject of Russia, in the Russian Far East)
  3. (with the) Kamchatka (a river in Kamchatka Krai, Russia)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “Kamchatka”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.