a city in SE Russia: capital of the Jewish Autonomous Region. Pop: 77 250 (2002)
2. another name for the Jewish Autonomous Region
Birobidzhan in American English
(ˌbɪroʊbɪˈdʒɑn) or Birobidjan (ˌbɪroʊbɪˈdʒɑn)
autonomous republic of Khabarovsk territory, E Siberia: set aside for Jewish settlement in 1934 (current pop. is 4.2% Jewish): 13,895 sq mi (35,988 sq km); pop. 218,000