Balaklava

American  

[bal-uh-klah-vuh, bahl-, buh-luh-klah-vuh] / ˌbæl əˈklɑ və, ˌbɑl-, bə lʌˈklɑ və /

noun

1. a seaport in southern Crimea, in southern Ukraine, on the Black Sea: scene of English cavalry charge against Russians (1854), celebrated in Tennyson's poem Charge of the Light Brigade.

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Balaklava British  

/ bəlaˈklavə, ˌbæləˈklɑːvə /

noun

1. a small port in Ukraine, in S Crimea: scene of an inconclusive battle (1854), which included the charge of the Light Brigade, during the Crimean War

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Example Sentences

The attacks were over the harbour of Sevastopol and the city's Balaklava and Khersones districts, Razvozhaev said earlier.

From Reuters • Jul. 16, 2023

"The Battalion were saddened to hear of the tragic passing of former Balaklava Cadet CSM Connor Morrison," the unit said on Facebook.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2022

Others say it was meant to commemorate the Battle of Balaklava of the Crimean War, immortalized in the poem, “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2022

At the Balaklava offices of the Ukrainian coast guard and border police, the Russian troop trucks that effectively besieged it on Saturday were gone.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2014

It was not long before Menshikov and the now augmented field army from Bakhchiserai appeared on the Chernaya and moved towards the Balaklava lines and the British base.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various