Geographic Russian Siberia in light red, political Siberian Federal District in dark red Etymology
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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
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Proper noun
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Siberia
The region of Russia Asia Urals to the Pacific Ocean . Derived terms
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Translations
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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 ( 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
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) ( sibri )
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 )
Siberia (plural Siberias
( figuratively ) Romanian
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