Shipka Pass

American  

[ship-kah] / ˈʃɪp kɑ /

noun

1. a mountain pass in central Bulgaria, in the Balkan Mountains. 4,375 feet (1,335 meters) high.

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Shipka Pass British  

/ ˈʃɪpkə /

noun

1. a pass over the Balkan Mountains in central Bulgaria: scene of a bloody Turkish defeat in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78). Height: 1334 m (4376 ft)

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Example Sentences

The Russian troops crossed the Danube and the Balkan Mountains, and seized on the important Shipka Pass.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park

Forbes had been a witness of the savage tenacity of the Turkish attack and the Russian defence on the hills commanding the Shipka Pass.

From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland

The army was, therefore, at once set in motion, General Gourko marching upon the Araba-Konak, Radetzky upon the Shipka Pass.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles

From that same quarter the Turks were also able to despatch forces to occupy the town of Lovtcha, between Plevna and the Shipka Pass.

From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland

Will Dow was watching the cattle on the plateau a few miles south of Elkhorn Bottom, near the mouth of the defile which the cowboys called Shipka Pass.

From Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hagedorn, Hermann