Wałęsa
[ vuh-wen-suh ]
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
To give the award to Albert Schweitzer, or Nelson Mandela or Desmond Tutu or Lech Walesa or Andrei Sakharov is one thing.
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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