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Markova

American  
[mahr-koh-vuh] / mɑrˈkoʊ və /

noun

  1. Alicia Lilian Alicia Marks, 1910–2004, English ballet dancer.


Markova British  
/ mɑːˈkəʊvə /

noun

  1. Dame Alicia. real name Lilian Alicia Marks. (1910–2004), English ballerina

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Renowned 20th Century ballerina Markova, a co-founder of the English National Ballet and an influential figure in the Royal Ballet, will also be celebrated with a blue plaque at her childhood home in Muswell Hill.

From BBC Feb. 13, 2025

He enrolled, and when that institution closed after the film stock was discontinued, his passion continued, learning from famed shooter Nadine Markova, who taught him the basics of composition.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 12, 2023

Tamara Markova, 82, and her son Mykola Riaskov said they spent only five days as evacuees in the central city of Dnipro this month before deciding to take their chances back home.

From Seattle Times Jul. 24, 2022

Alonso’s breakout role was “Giselle” in New York on Nov. 2, 1943, when she replaced British dancer Alicia Markova, who fell ill, in the newly formed company that would become the American Ballet Theatre.

From Reuters Oct. 17, 2019

He may, during the coming summer, endeavor to take the mammoth’s remains overland to Markova, a little settlement on the Anadyr River, which runs into Behring Sea.

From Some Reminiscences of old Victoria by Edgar Fawcett

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