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Pleven

American  
[plev-en] / ˈplɛv ɛn /
Also Plevna

noun

  1. a city in N Bulgaria: siege of 143 days 1877.


Pleven British  
/ ˈplɛvɛn /

noun

  1. a town in N Bulgaria: taken by Russia from the Turks in 1877 after a siege of 143 days. Pop: 102 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Possible toxicity from folic acid is the last thing on the mind of Katya Kovacheva, of the Medical University, Pleven, in Bulgaria, who runs the country’s only birth defects registry.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 26, 2021

Liam Pleven in The Wall Street Journal. @morningmoneyben: Remember when everyone freaked about gas prices?

From Washington Post ● May 8, 2012

"If we get less than a ten-vote majority, we'll resign," said Pleven.

From Time Magazine Archive

The federation proposed by Spaak is a long way off; the partial federation proposed by Messrs. Schuman and Pleven need not be.

From Time Magazine Archive

Crude oil is processed in two refineries, located at Burgas and Pleven, with daily throughput capacities of about 16,500 tons and 5,500 tons, respectively.

From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Violeta D. Baluyut

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