Alexander Nevski

American  

[al-ig-zan-der nev-skee, nef-, -zahn-, uh-lyi-ksahn-der nyef-skyee] / ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər ˈnɛv ski, ˈnɛf-, -ˈzɑn-, ʌ ljɪˈksɑn dər ˈnjɛf skji /

noun

1. Aleksandr Nevski, 1220?–63, Russian prince, national hero, and saint.

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Alexander Nevski British  

/ ˈnɛf-, ˈnɛvskɪ, ˈnjɛfskij /

noun

1. Saint. ?1220–63, Russian prince and military leader, who defeated the Swedes at the River Neva (1240) and the Teutonic knights at Lake Peipus (1242)

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Alexander Nevski

Just the same, when the royal train arrived at Sofia, the route from the railway station to the Alexander Nevski Cathedral was guarded by a triple line of soldiery.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1894 the Russian government, then ruling Warsaw and Poland, erected the magnificent Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Alexander Nevski, far larger than the Catholic Cathedral of St. John.

From Time Magazine Archive

Alexander Nevski had understood that, in presence of this immense and brutal force of the Mongols, all resistance was madness, all pride ruin.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

Alexander Nevski is remembered as the hero of the Neva and of the North; yet even he was finally compelled to grovel at the feet of the barbarians.

From A Short History of Russia by Mary Platt Parmele

At about the same time her brother was married to a Princess of Suzdal, a descendant of the brother of Alexander Nevski.

From A Short History of Russia by Mary Platt Parmele