Pinsk

[pinsk; Russian pyeensk]

noun

a city in SW Byelorussia (Belarus), E of Brest.

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Examples from the Web for pinsk

Historical Examples

Plagues of rates have appeared at Pinsk, and in the British trenches.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 15, 1916
Various
During the day many more of the relatives arrived, among them several members of the family from the Russian city of Pinsk.
Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch
Ulrich Frank
As a proof of this statement I may cite the draining of the great Pinsk swamps, which was begun by the Government in 1872.
Russia
Donald Mackenzie Wallace
While not quite so extensive as the Pinsk Swamps, they are quite as impassable, from a military point of view.
The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII)
Various

British Dictionary definitions for pinsk

Pinsk

noun

a city in SW Belarus: capital of a principality (13th–14th centuries). Pop: 134 000 (2005 est)

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Pinsk

Examples from the Web for pinsk

Historical Examples

Plagues of rates have appeared at Pinsk, and in the British trenches.

During the day many more of the relatives arrived, among them several members of the family from the Russian city of Pinsk.

As a proof of this statement I may cite the draining of the great Pinsk swamps, which was begun by the Government in 1872.

While not quite so extensive as the Pinsk Swamps, they are quite as impassable, from a military point of view.

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