Yenisei

English

Alternative forms

• Yenisey, Yenissei

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Енисе́й (Jeniséj) from Old Kyrgyz Эне-Сай (Ene-Say, “mother river”) or from Evenki Ионэсси (Ionəssi, “big water”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌjɛnəˈseɪ/

Proper noun

Yenisei at Krasnoyarsk

Yenisei

1. A river in Russia. The longest river of Siberia. It flows from south down to north into the Arctic Ocean, splitting Siberia in two parts: the Eastern Siberia and the Western Siberia.

Derived terms

• Yenisei-Ostyak

 

Translations

river in Russia

• Arabic: يِنِسِي m (yinisī)
• Armenian: Ենիսեյ (hy) (Enisey)
• Bashkir: Йәнәсәй (Yənəsəy)
• Belarusian: Енісе́й m (Jenisjéj)
• Bulgarian: Енисе́й m (Eniséj)
• Buryat: Горлог (Gorlog)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 葉尼塞河／叶尼塞河 (zh) (Yènísāi hé)

• Czech: Jenisej (cs) m
• Danish: Jenisej
• Finnish: Jenisei (fi)
• French: Ienisseï (fr) m
• Georgian: ენისეი (enisei)
• German: Jenissei (de) m
• Hungarian: Jenyiszej (hu)
• Japanese: エニセイ川 (Enisei-gawa)
• Kazakh: Енисей (Enisei)
• Khakas: Ким (Kim)
• Korean: 예니세이 강 (Yenisei gang)
• Macedonian: Енисеј m (Enisej)
• Navajo: Yénísei
• Polish: Jenisej (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ienissei m, Yenisei m, Yenissei m, Yenissey m
• Russian: Енисе́й (ru) m (Jeniséj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Јенисеј m

  Latin: Jenisej (sh) m

• Slovak: Jenisej m
• Slovene: Jenisej m
• Southern Altai: Энесей (Enesey)
• Spanish: Yeniséi m
• Swedish: Jenisej
• Tatar: Янәсәй (Yanäsäy)
• Turkish: Yenisey
• Tuvan: Улуг-Хем (Ulug-Xem)
• Ukrainian: Єнісе́й m (Jeniséj)

Portuguese

Proper noun

Yenisei m

1. Alternative spelling of Ienissei