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

Then came the capture of Nikopolis, the repulse at Plevna, the battle of Shipka Pass, another and successful battle of Plevna, the storming of Kars, and then, the Balkans passed,—an advance upon Constantinople.

From A Short History of Russia by Parmele, Mary Platt

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

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

"You never looked so good to me," he said to Sewall that night, "as you did when I saw your head coming up the Shipka Pass."

From Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hagedorn, Hermann

During the Russo-Turkish War he distinguished himself at the crossing of the Danube at Sistova, and was wounded at the Shipka Pass.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various