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Narva

American

[nahr-vuh] / ˈnɑr və /

noun

a city in NE Estonia: Swedish defeat of Russians 1700.

Narva British

/ ˈnarvə /

noun

a port in Estonia on the Narva River near the Gulf of Finland: developed around a Danish fortress in the 13th century; textile centre. Pop: 66 712 (2007 est)

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“They’re scaring people, saying Russia is going to start a war. It’s stupid,” he said, as he walked along the Narva River.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

This is what I call "the Narva Test".

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

Narva is a majority Russian-speaking town in Estonia that sits on the River Narva, right on the border with Russia.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

"The name is kind of ironic," Eerik Purgel, the regional border chief, told AFP in the Russian-speaking town of Narva.

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026

When I had grasped their swords, and the sabre of Czar Peter, captured at Narva, I felt that there were no other relics in Sweden which could make my heart throb a beat the faster.

From Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Bayard Taylor

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