Ehrenburg

[ er-uh n-burg, -boo rg; Russian e-ryin-boork ]
/ ˈɛr ənˌbɜrg, -ˌbʊərg; Russian ɛ ryɪnˈburk /

noun

Il·ya Gri·gor·ie·vich [ee-lyah gryi-gaw-ryi-vyich] /iˈlyɑ gryɪˈgɔ ryɪ vyɪtʃ/,1891–1967, Russian novelist and journalist.

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Example sentences from the Web for ehrenburg

  • It seems you lay over in Ehrenburg for a week and put in your time working up a lot of rich ore.

    The Long Chance|Peter B. Kyne

  • After an afternoon spent at Ehrenburg we returned to the village of Brodenbach, where there are several clean little inns.

    The Life of the Moselle|Octavius Rooke

  • In the express office at Ehrenburg I found a record of that shipment.

    The Long Chance|Peter B. Kyne

  • The Knight of Ehrenburg had, up to that moment, been studying the texture of the oaken table on which his flagon sat.

    The Strong Arm|Robert Barr

British Dictionary definitions for ehrenburg

Ehrenburg

Erenburg

/ (ˈɛərənˌbɜːɡ, Russian erɪnˈburk) /

noun

Ilya Grigorievich (iljˈja ɡriˈɡɔrjɪvitʃ). 1891–1967, Soviet novelist and journalist. His novel The Thaw (1954) was the first published in the Soviet Union to deal with repression under Stalin
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