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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Balaklava

It took place shortly after he arrived by helicopter and was greeted to a guard of honour provided by Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

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

From Reuters ● Jul. 16, 2023

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

In 1863 he engaged without success in legal proceedings against an officer who had published an account of Balaklava which the earl held to contain a reflection on his military character.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various