mologa
mologa Lexical Profile
• noun
A former town in the Yaroslavl Oblast of Russia that was evacuated and completely submerged by water in the 1940s during the construction of the Rybinsk Reservoir.
"Often referred to as the Russian Atlantis, Mologa lies beneath the waters of the Rybinsk Reservoir and only becomes visible during periods of extreme low water."
A river in the Tver, Novgorod, and Vologda oblasts of Russia that historically flowed into the Volga River but now empties into the Rybinsk Reservoir.
"Before the creation of the massive reservoir, the historic town was situated precisely at the confluence of the Mologa and Volga rivers."
• Rhymes for mologa
Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from Russian Молога (Mologa). The name is likely of Finno-Ugric origin, tracing back to the indigenous Merya people of the region, and is thought to relate to words for water or river.
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