Baikal

Meaning

1. A large freshwater lake in Siberia, Russia.
2. Baikal (Soviet and Russian non-alcoholic beverage)

Synonyms

Lake Baykal

Lake Baikal

Baykal

Kyzyl

Lak

Naberezhnye Chelny

Soviet Union

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

USSR

World War II

Azov

Barnaul

Birobidzhan

Blagoveshchensk

Cheboksary

Chita

Gorno-Altaysk

Grozny

Irkutsk

Izhevsk

Kemerovo

Kirov

Makhachkala

Nalchik

Neman

Ob

Syktyvkar

Yakutsk

Yoshkar-Ola

Zhukov

Allies

Vladikavkaz

Petrozavodsk

Kurgan

Salekhard

Naryan-Mar

Königsberg

Elista

Ulan-Ude

Saransk

Cherkessk

Khanty-Mansiysk

Maykop

Togliatti

Kievan Rus

Abakan

𐐏𐐭𐑌𐐷𐐲𐑌 𐐲𐑂 𐐝𐐬𐑂𐐨𐐯𐐻 𐐝𐐬𐑇𐐲𐑊𐐮𐑅𐐻 𐐡𐐨𐐹𐐲𐐺𐑊𐐮𐐿𐑅

Bezhta

Kazan

Translations

Baïkal

Baikalsee

Baykal

Baykal gölü

Baikal

Βαϊκάλη

Baical

Sowjetunion

Ένωση Σοβιετικών Σοσιαλιστικών Δημοκρατιών

بايكال

ΕΣΣΔ

Σοβιετική Ένωση

SU

URSS

Pronounced as (IPA)

/baɪ.ˈkæl/

Etymology

From Russian Байка́л (Bajkál, “Baikal”), from Buryat Байгал нуур (Bajgal nuur, “Lake Baikal”), perhaps ultimately from the Turkic *bāy (“rich”), and *köl, *kȫl (“lake”), with reference to the abundance of high-quality salmon in the lake. The Turkic origin is rejected by Vasmer. Native Mongolic origins have also been proposed.

Sentences

The entire family is endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia .