http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Russian_origin Sputnik (Russian name: Спутник) (Russian literally "travelling companion" from s with put "way" or "journey" + noun suffix nik person connected with something) 1. (historical) A series of unarmed artificial earth satellites launched by the Soviet Union from 1957 to the early 1960s
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