Peipus

American  

[pahy-puhs] / ˈpaɪ pəs /

noun

1. a lake in the N Europe, on the border between Estonia and the W Russian Federation. 93 miles (150 km) long; 356 sq. mi. (920 sq. km).

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Peipus British  

/ ˈpaɪpəs /

noun

1. Russian name: Chudskoye Ozero.  a lake in W Russia, on the boundary with Estonia: drains into the Gulf of Finland. Area: 3512 sq km (1356 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Its left flank drove through from the southern end of Lake Peipus.

From Time Magazine Archive

If the Russo-German engagement in Alexander Nevsky bears no resemblance to the one actually fought at Lake Peipus on April 5, 1242, it is also like no battle ever before recorded on celluloid.

From Time Magazine Archive

Almost everywhere else on the 750-mile front from Lake Peipus to Stanislavov, the Russians made enormous gains.

From Time Magazine Archive

General Masslenikov started a sweep northward along the west shore of Lake Peipus.

From Time Magazine Archive

Simultaneously, another war, also an heritage from Charles IX., had been proceeding in the far distant regions round lakes Ilmen, Peipus and Ladoga, with Great Novgorod as its centre.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various