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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Example Sentences

Within 5Scots, Balaklava company has a number of ceremonial roles in Scotland and forms the royal guard at Balmoral.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2025

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

The charge at Balaklava, rash and useless as it may be termed, was worthy of the followers of the Black Prince.

From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)