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No⋅va⋅ya Zem⋅lya

[noh-vuh-yuh zem-lee-ah; Russ. naw-vuh-yuh zyim-lyah]
–noun
two large islands in the Arctic Ocean, N of and belonging to the Russian Federation. 35,000 sq. mi. (90,650 sq. km).
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No·va·ya Zem·lya   (nō'və-yə zěm'lē-ä', zĭm-lyä')   
An archipelago of north-central Russia in the Arctic Ocean between the Barents and Kara seas. Consisting of two main islands and many smaller ones, the archipelago has mineral deposits and an economy based on fishing, sealing, and trapping.
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Novaya Zemlya

archipelago in northwestern Russia, lying in the Arctic Ocean and separating the Barents and Kara seas

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