Kaluga

[ kuh-loo-guh ]

/ kʌˈlu gə /

noun

a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, SW of Moscow.

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Examples from the Web for kaluga

Here he covered the march of the army upon Kaluga, and the retreat of our different convoys towards Mojaisk.
The Two Great Retreats of History|George Grote
In 1619 Kaluga fell into the hands of the hetman or chief of the Zaporozhian Cossacks.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6|Various
And the order to retreat carries us past the turn to the Kaluga road.
War and Peace|Leo Tolstoy
He was present at the engagements of Larga and Kaluga, and at the storming of Silistria.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 6|Various

Why did he not retire at once by the Kaluga road, abandoning Moscow?
War and Peace|Leo Tolstoy

British Dictionary definitions for kaluga

Kaluga

/ (Russian kaˈluɡə) /

noun

a city in central Russia, on the Oka River. Pop: 340 000 (2005 est)

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