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PLEVNA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Plevna mean? 

PLEVNA (noun)
  The noun PLEVNA has 1 sense:

1. the town was taken from the Turks by the Russians in 1877 after a siege of 143 daysplay

  Familiarity information: PLEVNA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PLEVNA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Pleven; Plevna

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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