TUNGUSKA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tunguska mean? 

• TUNGUSKA (noun)
  The noun TUNGUSKA has 3 senses:

1. a river in Siberia that flows northwest to become a tributary of the Yenisei River

2. a river that arises to the north of Lake Baikal and flows north and west to the Yenisei River

3. a river in southeastern Siberia that flows northwest from Lake Baikal to become a tributary of the Yenisei River

  Familiarity information: TUNGUSKA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUNGUSKA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A river in Siberia that flows northwest to become a tributary of the Yenisei River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Stony Tunguska; Tunguska

Instance hypernyms:

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

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

A river that arises to the north of Lake Baikal and flows north and west to the Yenisei River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Lower Tunguska; Tunguska

Instance hypernyms:

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

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

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

Sense 3

Meaning:

A river in southeastern Siberia that flows northwest from Lake Baikal to become a tributary of the Yenisei River

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Angara; Angara River; Tunguska; Upper Tunguska

Instance hypernyms:

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

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

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

 Context examples 

June 30 marks the 109th anniversary of the “Tunguska event” in Siberia – the largest-ever recorded explosion of a space object plunging to Earth.

(Dangerous Asteroid Could Hit Earth At Any Moment, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)