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nerka

UK/ˈnɜːkə/US/ˈnɝkə/

nerka noun: a sockeye salmon.

Noun

nerka (plural nerkas)

  1. A sockeye salmon.
    • This Salmon was a Nerka, and was a tame fish indeed.1892, W. A. Perry, American Game Fishes, page 78

Forms of nerka

pluralnerkas

Origin of nerka

Borrowed from Russian не́рка (nérka) from Finnish nieriä (“arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus”).

Questions about nerka

What does nerka mean?
Nerka means a sockeye salmon.
What part of speech is nerka?
Nerka is a noun.
How do you pronounce nerka?
Nerka is pronounced /ˈnɜːkə/ (UK).
What is the plural of nerka?
The plural of nerka is nerkas.

Words near nerka in the dictionary

  1. neritopsid
  2. neritopsids
  3. neriumoside
  4. nerizoside
  5. nerk
  6. nerka
  7. nerkas
  8. nerks
  9. Nernst
  10. Nernst effect
  11. Nernst effects

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