Balaklava
[ bal-uh-klah-vuh, bahl-; Ukrainian buh-luh-klah-vuh ]
/ ˌbæl əˈklɑ və, ˌbɑl-; Ukrainian bə lʌˈklɑ və /
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noun
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
Balaclava
/ (ˌbæləˈklɑːvə, Russian bəlaˈklavə) /
noun
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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