Камчатка

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Камчатка

Etymology[edit]

Named after the Kamchadal, an indigenous people inhabiting the Siberian peninsula. The ethnonym is derived from Koryak [script needed] (konchachal), perhaps meaning “men of the far end”.^[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): [kɐmˈt͡ɕatkə]

Proper noun[edit]

Камча́тка • (Kamčátka) f inan (genitive Камча́тки, nominative plural Камча́тки, genitive plural Камча́ток)

Kamchatka (a large peninsula and region of Russia)

Declension[edit]

Declension of Камча́тка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc)

	singular	plural
nominative	Камча́тка Kamčátka	Камча́тки Kamčátki
genitive	Камча́тки Kamčátki	Камча́ток Kamčátok
dative	Камча́тке Kamčátke	Камча́ткам Kamčátkam
accusative	Камча́тку Kamčátku	Камча́тки Kamčátki
instrumental	Камча́ткой, Камча́ткою Kamčátkoj, Kamčátkoju	Камча́тками Kamčátkami
prepositional	Камча́тке Kamčátke	Камча́тках Kamčátkax

Related terms[edit]

камча́тец (kamčátec)
камча́тский (kamčátskij)

References[edit]

^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “Kamchatka”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

[1] Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “Kamchatka”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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