how to pronounce север

/ˈsʲevʲɪr/

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север is pronounced in two syllables

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sʲ

2.

vʲ

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An example use of север in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… а новатэк приобрел север нефть уренгой …”

meanings of север

noun:

North (northern part of any region).
North.
Arctic (northern parts of Russia).

name:

Severus.

север frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word север occurs in russian on average 9.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.