Birobidjan

Variant of Birobidzhan

Birobidzhan definition

Biro·bi·dzhan or Birobidjan Biro·bi·djan (bir′ō bi jän′)

autonomous republic of Khabarovsk territory, E Siberia: set aside for Jewish settlement in 1934 (current pop. is 4.2% Jewish): 13,895 sq mi (35,988 sq km); pop. 218,000: officially called Jewish Autonomous Region

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