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): [saɪˈbɪə̯.ɹi.ə]

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): [saɪˈbɪɹiə]

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• Hyphenation: Si‧be‧ria
• Rhymes: -ɪɹiə
• Rhymes: -ɪəɹiə

Proper noun

Siberia

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

Derived terms

• Siberian
• Siberian husky
• Siberian flying squirrel
• Siberian tiger

Translations

region of Russia

• Abkhaz: Сбыр (Sbər), Сибра (Sibra)
• Adyghe: Сыбыр (Səbər)
• Afrikaans: Siberië
• Albanian: Siberia (sq) f
• Amharic: ሳይቤሪያ (sayberiya)
• Arabic: سِيبِيرِيَا f (sībīriyā)
• Armenian: Սիբիր (Sibir)
• Azerbaijani: Sibir
• Bashkir: Себер (Seber)
• Belarusian: Сібі́р f (Sibír), Сыбі́р f (Sybír)
• Bengali: সাইবেরিয়া (śaiberiẏa)
• Bulgarian: Сиби́р m (Sibír)
• Burmese: ဆိုက်ဘေးရီးယား (hcuikbhe:ri:ya:)
• Buryat: Шэбэр (Šeber)
• Catalan: Sibèria f
• Chechen: Сибаре (Sibare), Сибрех (Sibrex)
• Chinese:

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

  Mandarin: 西伯利亞／西伯利亚 (zh) (Xībólìyà)

• Chuvash: Ҫӗпӗр (Śĕp̬ĕr)
• Czech: Sibiř (cs) f
• Danish: Sibirien n
• Dutch: Siberië (nl) n
• Esperanto: Siberio
• Estonian: Siber
• Faroese: Sibiria
• Finnish: Siperia (fi)
• French: Sibérie (fr) f
• Galician: Siberia (gl)
• Georgian: ციმბირი (cimbiri)
• German: Sibirien (de) n
• Greek: Σιβηρία (el) f (Siviría)
• Hebrew: סִיבִּיר f (sibír)
• Hindi: साइबेरिया (sāiberiyā)
• Hungarian: Szibéria (hu)
• Indonesian: Siberia
• Ingrian: Siberi
• Ingush: Сибарегӏе (Sibareğe)
• Irish: An tSibéir f
• Italian: Siberia (it) f
• Japanese: シベリア (ja) (Shiberia)
• Kabardian: Сыбыр (Səbər)
• Kalmyk: Сивр (Sivr)
• Kazakh: Сібір (kk) (Sıbır)
• Khmer: ស៊ីបេរី (siibeerii)
• Korean: 시베리아 (ko) (Siberia), 씨비리 (ko) (Ssibiri) (North Korea)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Sîbîrya (ku), Sîberya (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Сибирь (Sibir)
• Lao: ຊີເບຣີ (sī bē rī), ໄຊບີເລຍ (sai bī līa), ຊີເບລີ (sī bē lī)
• Latin: Siberia, Sibiria
• Latvian: Sibīrija f
• Lithuanian: Sibiras m
• Livonian: Tsībõrmō
• Macedonian: Сибир m (Sibir)
• Malay: Siberia
• Manchu: ᠰᡳᠪᡳᡵ (sibir)
• Maori: Haipīria
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: Сивыр (Sivyr)

  Western Mari: Сӹвӹр (Sÿvÿr)

• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Сибирь (Sibirʹ)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Sibir n

• Occitan: Siberia f
• Ossetian: Сыбыр (Sybyr)
• Pashto: سايبيريا f (sāybiryā)
• Persian: سیبری (fa) (siberi), سیبریه (fa) (siberiye), سیبریا (siberiyâ)
• Polish: Syberia (pl) f, Sybir m
• Portuguese: Sibéria (pt) f
• Romanian: Siberia f
• Russian: Сиби́рь (ru) f (Sibírʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сѝбӣр m

  Roman: Sìbīr (sh) m

• Shor: Сибир
• Sicilian: Sibbìria f, Sibbèria f
• Slovak: Sibír (sk) f, Sibíria f (rare)
• Slovene: Sibírija (sl) f
• Spanish: Siberia (es) 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 (tr)
• Turkmen: Sibir
• Tuvan: please add this translation if you can
• Udmurt: Сибыр (Śibyr)
• Ukrainian: Сибі́р m (Sybír)
• Urdu: سائبیریا (sā'iberiyā)
• Uyghur: سىبىرىيە (sibiriye)
• Uzbek: Sibir (uz)
• Vietnamese: Xi-be-ri-a, Tây Bá Lợi Á (西伯利亞) (obsolete)
• Volapük: Sibirän (vo)
• Welsh: Siberia f
• Yakut: Сибиир (Sibiir)
• Yiddish: סיביר n (sibir)

Noun

Siberia (plural Siberias)

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈbɛ.rja/
• Rhymes: -ɛrja
• Hyphenation: Si‧bè‧ria

Proper noun

Siberia f

1. Siberia (the region of Russia in Asia)

Derived terms

• siberiano

Anagrams

• basirei, esibirà

Latin

Proper noun

Siberia f sg (genitive Siberiae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Siberia (the region of Russia in Asia)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

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

Occitan

Proper noun

Siberia f

1. Siberia (the region of Russia in Asia)

Derived terms

• siberian

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [siˈbe.ri.a]

Proper noun

Siberia f

1. Siberia (the region of Russia in Asia)

Declension

gender f	uncountable
Nom/Acc	Siberia
Gen/Dat	Siberiei

Derived terms

• siberian

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈbeɾja/ [siˈβ̞e.ɾja]
• Rhymes: -eɾja
• Syllabification: Si‧be‧ria

Proper noun

Siberia f

1. Siberia (the region of Russia in Asia)

Derived terms

• lirio de Siberia
• siberiano