Pechenga

American

[puh-cheng-guh, pyi-chyen-guh] / pəˈtʃɛŋ gə, pjɪˈtʃjɛn gə /

noun

a village in the NW Russian Federation, on the Arctic Ocean W of Murmansk: ice-free all year; ceded by Finland 1944.

Pechenga British

/ ˈpɛtʃiŋɡə /

noun

Former name: Petsamo. a region of NW Russia, a former territory of N Finland, ceded by Soviet Russia to Finland in 1920 and taken back in 1944

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