shilka
shilka Lexical Profile
• noun
A lightly armored, self-propelled, radar-guided anti-aircraft weapon system (officially the ZSU-23-4) developed by the Soviet Union in the 1960s.
"The military aviation museum recently acquired a restored Shilka to demonstrate Cold War-era air defense technology to visiting students."
A major river in southeastern Russia (Zabaykalsky Krai) that merges with the Argun River along the Chinese border to form the Amur River.
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Russian Шилка (Shilka), the name of a river in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, likely derived from an indigenous Tungusic word. The Soviet anti-aircraft vehicle (ZSU-23-4) was named after this river, adhering to a military convention of naming self-propelled air defense systems after Russian waterways.
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