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PLEVNA
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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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