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Novaya Zemlya definition

No·vaya Zemlya (nō̂′vä yä zem lyä′)

archipelago of two large islands & several small ones in NW Russia, between the Barents & Kara seas: c. 36,000 sq mi (93,240 sq km)

Etymology: Russ, lit., new land

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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