A nickname for Saint Petersburg.

A Turkic language spoken in the Altai Krai, Russia on the border of Kazakhstan. There is no mutual intelligibility with Southern Altai.

A pair of archipelagos off the north coast of mainland Scotland, comprising Orkney and Shetland.

(astronomy, especially Asia) A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle. It is part of the constellation Ursa Major and includes the stars Alkaid, Mizar, Alioth, Megrez, Dubhe, Merak, and Phecda.

plural of northern viscacha

A species of rodent (Lagidium peruanum, found in South America.

A region in eastern Finland.

an administrative region of the Philippines that comprises five provinces: Bukidnon, Camiguin, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, and Lanao del Norte.

(dated) Synonym of aurora borealis

Oenanthe oenanthe, an Old World flycatcher.