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Pechenga

[ puh-cheng-guh; Russian pyi-chyen-guh ]

noun

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


Pechenga

/ ˈpɛtʃiŋɡə /

noun

  1. a region of NW Russia, a former territory of N Finland, ceded by Soviet Russia to Finland in 1920 and taken back in 1944 Former name1920–1944Petsamo


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