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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  
/ 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)

"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

Pleven had been Defense Minister during Dienbienphu, feared ugly comparisons with the Algerian war.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pleven got to his feet and solemnly replied: "Our dead did not die in order that all should begin as before."

From Time Magazine Archive

Except for the small domestic output, crude oil for the Pleven refinery is moved by rail from Black Sea ports.

From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Baluyut, Violeta D.

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