Pinsk

[ pinsk; Russian pyeensk ]

/ pɪnsk; Russian pyinsk /

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noun

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

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How to use Pinsk in a sentence

Vika Biran is originally from Pinsk, a city in southern Belarus that is roughly 180 miles from Minsk, the country’s capital.
Belarus LGBTQ activist joins anti-government protests|Michael K. Lavers|August 18, 2020|Washington Blade
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
Plagues of rates have appeared at Pinsk, and in the British trenches.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 15, 1916|Various

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

/ (Russian pinsk) /

noun

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

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