Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A semiautonomous republic of eastern Russia in southern Siberia. The region is sparsely populated, largely by the Turkic-speaking Tuvan people.
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- proper noun A republic of the
Russian Federation .
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Examples
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Before I joined the Peace Corps, I spent six months in Tuva, on the Russia-Mongolia border, doing research on native Siberian tribes.
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Btw, Tuva is the throat-music place depicted in Genghis Blues.
Archive 2005-06-01 KaneCitizen 2005
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Aug. 3, 2009, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin swims while traveling in the mountains of the Siberian Tyva region (also referred to as Tuva), Russia, during his short vacation.
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(also referred to as Tuva), Russia, during his short vacation.
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! and What Do You Care What Other People Think?, and through books about him, such as Tuva or Bust!
Geeks 2008
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! and What Do You Care What Other People Think?, and through books about him, such as Tuva or Bust!
Geeks 2008
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In the Siberian republic of Tuva, an amazing 133 murders occurred per 100,000 people in 2004, while in the Caucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria there were only six per 100,000.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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There was the malaria, said Kazungu Tuva, chairman of PUMMA, a community organization dedicated to eradicating malaria in Malindi.
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There was the malaria, said Kazungu Tuva, chairman of PUMMA, a community organization dedicated to eradicating malaria in Malindi.
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Another three Kalmykia, Buryatia, and Tuva were historically Buddhist.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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