PLEVEN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The town was taken from the Turks by the Russians in 1877 after a siege of 143 days

Synonyms:

Pleven; Plevna

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

beleaguering; besieging; military blockade; siege (the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack)

Domain region:

Bulgaria; Republic of Bulgaria (a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe)

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