Pleven

American  

[plev-en] / ˈplɛv ɛn /

Also Plevna

noun

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

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Pleven British  

/ ˈplɛvna, 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)

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Example Sentences

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

The national coronavirus task force confirmed Sunday that a 27-year-old man from the northern town of Pleven and a 75-year-old woman from the central town of Gabrovo had tested positive for the virus.

From Washington Times

“Faith and hope bring us here,” said Mironova, who also brought her three-year-old daughter Viki on the pilgrimage from Pleven, in northern Bulgaria.

From Reuters

The one-year-old stray was found injured in the countryside near the city of Pleven in April.

From Reuters

Mr. Pleven is a staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal