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Nova Zembla

noun
1.
Two islands in the Arctic Ocean belonging to Russia; site of a test center for nuclear warheads.  Synonym: Novaya Zemlya.





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"Nova Zembla" Quotes from Famous Books



... venture (1608), for the same company, was for "finding a passage to the East Indies by the northeast," but he failed to pass in that direction beyond Nova Zembla, and returned to England. These two failures discouraged the Muscovy Company, but did not daunt Henry Hudson. Again he determined to sail the northern seas, and the story of his third great voyage and its results is here given ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 • Various


Words linked to "Nova Zembla" :   Russian Federation, Russia, island


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