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Kimry

Kimry proper noun: a town in Russia located at the confluence of the Volga and Kimrka rivers. Also the archaic form of Cymry.

Proper noun

Kimry

  1. A town in Russia located at the confluence of the Volga and Kimrka rivers.
    • The village of Kimry is, as has already been stated, celebrated for its boots; it is also the market for the sale of goods from the extensive region where all kinds of boots and shoes are made.1893, John Martin Crawford, The Industries of Russia, page 101
    • I lived in the town of Kimry in Tver province.1998, Alexandra George, Escape from "Ward Six": Russia Facing Past and Present, page 168

Noun

Kimry (uncountable)

  1. An ancient ethnic group originally from the area around the Sea of Azov, who invaded much of what is now Europe, and intermingled with the ancient Gauls.
    • The Kimry, from the Palus Moeotis, entered the north-eastern portion of Gaul, and expelled from their territory many of the tribes who werre settled there; these, uniting in large hordes, precipitated themselves upon Italy.1844 November 16, “Thierry's History of the Gauls”, in The Anglo American, volume 4, number 4, page 74
    • The territory situated to the east of that limit belonged to the race of the Kimry: it was in time divided into two portions by the line of the Seine and the Marne, the one northern and the other southern.1845, Charles John Abraham, The unity of history; or, Outlines of lectures on ancient and modern history, page 101

Also used as

Kimry is also the archaic form of Cymry.

Examples of Kimry in a sentence

  • Continuing on foot, he reached Kimry, a little city on the Volga a hundred miles north of Moscow, from which convoys of wheat were shipped.2022, Christian Salmon, The Blumkin Project: A Biographical Novel, page 132:
  • Thus, where simple labor-intensive procedures are few (as in Kimry and Rostov), the technological chain has a larger share of operations requiring high skills and several areas of expertise.2022, Juri Plusnin, Russian Provincial Society: An Empirical Analysis, page 205:
  • The ancient inhabitants of Belgic Gaul, the Kimry of Thierry, were also a tall, blue-eyed and fair-haired people.1866, Samuel Laing, Pre-historic Remains of Caithness, page 118:

Questions about Kimry

What does Kimry mean?
Kimry means a town in Russia located at the confluence of the Volga and Kimrka rivers.
How do you use Kimry in a sentence?
Continuing on foot, he reached Kimry, a little city on the Volga a hundred miles north of Moscow, from which convoys of wheat were shipped.
What part of speech is Kimry?
Kimry can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Kimry in the dictionary

  1. Kimpton
  2. Kimptons
  3. Kimrey
  4. Kimreys
  5. kimrobinsonite
  6. Kimry
  7. Kims
  8. Kimsey
  9. Kimseys
  10. kimslaw
  11. kimslaws

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