Wałęsa

[ vuh-wen-suh ]

/ vəˈwɛn sə /

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noun

Lech

[lek], /lɛk/, born 1943, Polish labor leader: a leader of Solidarity 1980; president 1990–96; Nobel Peace Prize 1983.

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How to use Wałęsa in a sentence

“I said that I wished the United States would lead,” Walesa told Polish television.
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Additionally, the hotel is only open from December through Easter – a period of time when the weather in Lech is frightfully cold.
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Subirer, for example, is a small bitter pear that grows in the Alps, near Lech.
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In London to promote Walesa: Man of Hope, a new biopic, he was on the warpath.
Lech Walesa: Obama Couldn’t Accomplish What I Did|Nico Hines|October 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Like pretty much everyone else in Poland over the age of 30, Wieckiewicz grew up in awe of Walesa.
Lech Walesa: Obama Couldn’t Accomplish What I Did|Nico Hines|October 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Nearly all the enemy were slaughtered or drowned in the river Lech.
A History of Germany|Bayard Taylor
Maximilian was reduced to straits such as he had not known since the time when Tilly fell at the passage of the Lech.
The Thirty Years' War|Samuel Rawson Gardiner
The king seized Donauworth and Ulm, and under cover of the fire of seventy guns threw a bridge across the Lech.
Hero Tales of the Far North|Jacob A. Riis
At the approach of the King he camped where the river Lech joins the Danube, awaiting attack.
Hero Tales of the Far North|Jacob A. Riis
Tilly had then fallen back before the advance of Gustavus to a very strong position on the Lech.
The Lion of the North|G.A. Henty

British Dictionary definitions for Wałęsa

Wałęsa

/ (væˈwɛnsə) /

noun

Lech (lɛç). born 1943, Polish statesman: president of Poland (1990–95); leader of the independent trade union Solidarity 1980–90; Nobel peace prize 1983

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