Камчатка

Russian

Etymology

Named after the Kamchadal, an indigenous people inhabiting the Siberian peninsula. The ethnonym is derived from Koryak [script needed] (konchachal), perhaps meaning “men of the far end”.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɐmˈt͡ɕatkə]

Proper noun

Камча́тка • (Kamčátka) f inan (genitive Камча́тки, nominative plural Камча́тки, genitive plural Камча́ток)

Камчатка
  1. Kamchatka (a large peninsula and region of Russia)

Declension
Declension of Камча́тка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 
singular plural
nominative Камча́тка
Kamčátka		 Камча́тки
Kamčátki
genitive Камча́тки
Kamčátki		 Камча́ток
Kamčátok
dative Камча́тке
Kamčátke		 Камча́ткам
Kamčátkam
accusative Камча́тку
Kamčátku		 Камча́тки
Kamčátki
instrumental Камча́ткой, Камча́ткою
Kamčátkoj, Kamčátkoju		 Камча́тками
Kamčátkami
prepositional Камча́тке
Kamčátke		 Камча́тках
Kamčátkax

References
  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Kamchatka”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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