olenyok
olenyok Lexical Profile
• noun
A major river in northern Siberia, Russia, which flows north and northeast across the Central Siberian Plateau before emptying into the Laptev Sea of the Arctic Ocean.
"The Olenyok is one of the longest rivers in Russia, known for its abundant fish populations and its completely frozen surface during the harsh Siberian winter."
A rural locality and the administrative center of the Olenyoksky District in the Sakha Republic, Russia, situated on the banks of the Olenyok River.
"Researchers flew into the settlement of Olenyok to document the traditional reindeer-herding practices of the indigenous Evenki people."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Russian Оленёк (Olenyok). It is traditionally thought to be related to the Russian word 'olen' (deer) or derived from an earlier indigenous Yakut or Evenki geographic name.