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== Name == The name Selenge comes from Mongolian ''seleh'', which means "to swim". 'Selenga' is the [[Russification|russified]] version of the same. An alternate source believes the name originated with the [[Evenki language|Evenki]] word ''sele'' ("iron") to which the possessive ''nge'' suffix was added.<ref>E. M. Pospelov, Географические названия Мира (''Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira'', Moscow: Russkie slovari, 1998), p. 378.</ref> The [[Selenge Province]] of Mongolia is named after the river. <gallery mode="packed" heights="165"> File:The bridge across the Selenga River in the city of Ulan-Ude.jpg|Automobile bridge over the Selenga River in the city of [[Ulan-Ude]] File:Selenga River bridge.jpg|Railway bridge over the Selenga River outside of [[Ulan-Ude]], Russia </gallery>
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