Siberia

See also: siberià, Sibéria, and Sibèria

English

Geographic Russian Siberia in light red, political Siberian Federal District in dark red

Etymology

Adopted in the 17th century, from Russian Сиби́рь (Sibírʹ). In origin the Tatar name of a 14th-century fortress at Qashliq (Tobolsk) which became the capital of the 16th-century Khanate of Sibir, in 16th century Russian usage extended to the entire area of what is now Tyumen Oblast, and with the ongoing Russian conquest of Siberia by the 19th century to the larger area of Russia's Asian territories beyond the Ob River.

The figurative sense in English arises in the 19th century (attested in 1841 according to OED).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [saɪˈbɪəɹɪə]
• (US) IPA^(key): [saɪˈbɪɹiə]
• Hyphenation: Si‧be‧ria
• Rhymes: -ɪɹiə

Proper noun

Siberia

1. The region of Russia in Asia, stretching from the Urals to the Pacific Ocean.

Derived terms

• Siberian
• Siberian husky
• Siberian squirrel
• Siberian tiger

Translations

region of Russia

• Abkhaz: Сбыр (Sbər)
• Adyghe: Сыбыр (Səbər)
• Afrikaans: Siberië
• Albanian: Siberia (sq) f
• Arabic: سِيبِيرِيَا‎ f (sībīriyā)
• Armenian: Սիբիր (Sibir)
• Azerbaijani: Sibir
• Bashkir: Себер (Seber)
• Belarusian: Сібі́р f (Sibír)
• Bulgarian: Сиби́р f (Sibír)
• Burmese: ဆိုက်ဘေးရီးယား (hcuikbhe:ri:ya:)
• Buryat: Шэбэр (Šeber)
• Catalan: Sibèria f
• Chechen: Сибаре (Sibare), Сибрех (Sibreχ)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 西伯利亞, 西伯利亚 (sai¹ baak³ lei⁶ aa³)

  Mandarin: 西伯利亞 (zh), 西伯利亚 (zh) (Xībólìyà)

• Chuvash: Ҫӗпӗр (Śĕpĕr)
• Czech: Sibiř (cs) f
• Danish: Sibirien
• Dutch: Siberië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Siberio
• Estonian: Siber
• Faroese: Sibiria
• Finnish: Siperia (fi)
• French: Sibérie (fr) f
• Galician: Siberia
• Georgian: ციმბირი (cimbiri)
• German: Sibirien (de) n
• Greek: Σιβηρία (el) f (Siviría)
• Hebrew: סִיבִּיר‎ f (sibír)
• Hindi: साइबेरिया (sāiberiyā)
• Hungarian: Szibéria (hu)
• Indonesian: Siberia
• Ingush: Сибарегӏе (Sibareġe)
• Irish: An tSibéir f
• Italian: Siberia (it) f
• Japanese: シベリア (Shiberia), (dated) 西比利亜
• Kabardian: Сыбыр (Səbər)
• Kalmyk: Сивр (Sivr)
• Kazakh: Сібір (Sibir)
• Khmer: ស៊ីបេរី (siibeerii)
• Korean: 시베리아 (ko) (Siberia)
• Kyrgyz: Сибирь (Sibirʹ)

• Lao: ຊີເບຣີ (sī bē rī)
• Latin: Siberia, Sibiria
• Latvian: Sibīrija f
• Lithuanian: Sibiras m
• Macedonian: Сибир m (Sibir)
• Malay: Siberia
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: Сивыр (Sivyr)

  Western Mari: Сӹвӹр (Sÿvÿr)

• Mongolian: Сибирь (Sibiri)
• Norwegian: Sibir
• Occitan: Siberia f
• Ossetian: Сыбыр (Sybyr)
• Persian: سیبری‎ (fa) (sibri)
• Polish: Syberia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Sibéria (pt) f
• Romanian: Siberia f
• Russian: Сиби́рь (ru) f (Sibírʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сибир m

  Roman: Sibir (sh) m

• Slovak: Sibír (sk) f, Sibíria f (rare)
• Slovene: Sibírija (sl) f
• Spanish: Siberia f
• Swedish: Sibirien (sv) c
• Tagalog: Siberia
• Tajik: Сибир (Sibir)
• Tatar: Себер (Seber)
• Telugu: సైబేరియా (saibēriyā)
• Thai: ไซบีเรีย (sai-bii-riia)
• Tibetan: སེ་པོ་རི་ཡ། (se po ri ya)
• Turkish: Sibirya
• Turkmen: Sibir
• Tuvan: please add this translation if you can
• Udmurt: Сибыр (Sibyr)
• Ukrainian: Сибі́р f (Sybír)
• Urdu: سائبیریا‎ (sā'iberiyā)
• Uyghur: سىبىرىيە‎ (sibiriye)
• Uzbek: Sibir
• Vietnamese: Xi-be-ri-a, Tây Bá Lợi Á (西伯利亞) (obsolete)
• Volapük: Sibirän (vo)
• Yakut: Сибиир (Sibiir)
• Yiddish: סיביר‎ (sibir)

Noun

Siberia (plural Siberias)

1. (figuratively) A cold, inhospitable place or place of exile.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈbɛ.rja/

Proper noun

Siberia f

1. Siberia (a region of Russia)

Derived terms

• siberiano

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Latin

Proper noun

Siberia f sg (genitive Siberiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Siberia

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Siberia
Genitive	Siberiae
Dative	Siberiae
Accusative	Siberiam
Ablative	Siberiā
Vocative	Siberia

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Occitan

Proper noun

Siberia f

1. Siberia

Derived terms

• siberian

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [siˈbe.ri.a]

Proper noun

Siberia f

1. Siberia

Declension

gender f	uncountable
Nom/Acc	Siberia
Gen/Dat	Siberiei

Derived terms

• siberian

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈbeɾja/, [siˈβ̞e.ɾja]

Proper noun

Siberia f

1. Siberia (a region of Russia)

Derived terms

• siberiano