Poltava
a city in eastern Ukraine, southwest of Kharkiv: Russian defeat of Swedes 1709.
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How to use Poltava in a sentence
One mother in Poltava said she no longer trusts the neighbors she has lived next to for 40 years, people she considered to be family before the invasion.
Then a gas pipeline in the Poltava region of Ukraine was suddenly blown up by unknown assailants.
What part he took at the battle of Poltava is not quite clear.
I guess I won't find the way to Poltava fair if the child cannot put the e's where they belong!
Yiddish Tales | VariousWork—doing—you'd better say what is to be done, instead of abusing me, Desmosthenes of Poltava!
A House of Gentlefolk | Ivan Turgenev
The unconscious boy was carried to the village by the sympathizing Israelites of Poltava.
Rabbi and Priest | Milton GoldsmithPardoned again, he entered into Russian diplomacy, filled several missions, and died commanding general at Poltava.
Two Chancellors | Julian Klaczko
British Dictionary definitions for Poltava
/ (Russian palˈtavə) /
a city in E Ukraine: scene of the victory (1709) of the Russians under Peter the Great over the Swedes under Charles XII; centre of an agricultural region. Pop: 319 000 (2005 est)
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