IRTYSH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Irtysh mean? 

• IRTYSH (noun)
  The noun IRTYSH has 1 sense:

1. an Asian river that rises in the Altai Mountains in northern China and flows generally northwest to become a tributary of the Ob River

  Familiarity information: IRTYSH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IRTYSH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An Asian river that rises in the Altai Mountains in northern China and flows generally northwest to become a tributary of the Ob River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Irtish; Irtish River; Irtysh; Irtysh River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Irtysh" is a part of...):

Siberia (a vast Asian region of Russia; famous for long cold winters)