San Stefano

[ sahn ste-fah-naw ]

noun

1. the former name of Yeşilköy, a town in Turkey, near Istanbul: treaty between Russia and Turkey 1878.

San Stefano

/ ˌsæn stɪˈfɑːnəʊ /

noun

1. a village in NW Turkey, near Istanbul on the Sea of Marmara: scene of the signing (1878) of the treaty ending the Russo-Turkish War Turkish nameYeşilköy

Example Sentences

Vincenza's own children were with their grandmother at a hamlet three miles from San Stefano.

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The sub-Prior of San Stefano saw these things; and meditated upon certain possibilities in the future.

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Was it not near a place called San Stefano, indeed, that he had been nursed by an Italian peasant woman?

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There may be relations of your parents at San Stefano, but they are not likely to know the story of Vincenza's child.

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He must go to San Stefano and ascertain, as far as he could, the true history of the Vasari family.

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