Pinsk

American  

[pinsk, pyeensk] / pɪnsk, pyinsk /

noun

1. a city in southwest Belarus, east of Brest.

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Pinsk British  

/ pinsk /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

After crossing into Belarus near the southwestern city of Pinsk last August, Mr. Neumann, 49, formally applied for asylum, according to state media.

From New York Times

To Ukraine’s north span roughly 100,000 square miles of wetlands known as the Pinsk Marshes.

From Washington Post

Pearl Adler, gifted with neither height nor looks, grew up in the Russian Pale not far from Pinsk to a peripatetic tailor who considered himself a bit of a dandy.

From New York Times

Viasna said the searches Monday targeted civil society activists and human rights defenders in the cities of Brest and Pinsk in western Belarus.

From Seattle Times

Mrs. Schulman worked for a period as a photographer in Pinsk, in what is now Belarus, before the couple decided to seek entry into what was then the British mandate of Palestine.

From Washington Post