Kamtschatka
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian Камча́тка (Kamčátka).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kamˈtʃatkaː]
- Hyphenation: Kam‧t‧schat‧ka
Proper noun
Kamtschatka n (proper noun, genitive Kamtschatkas or (optionally with an article) Kamtschatka)
- 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)
- Kamchatka (a krai and federal subject of Russia, in the Russian Far East)
Proper noun
die Kamtschatka f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Kamtschatka)
- Kamchatka (a river in Kamchatka Krai, Russia)
- Synonym: Kamtschatkafluss m
See also
Further reading
- “Kamtschatka” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Kamtschatka” in Duden online