Poltava
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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She pointed to a place in the region around the city of Poltava, and he bought a property there for after the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
As the clean-up began, Iryna and Serhiy were staying with her grandmother, about 300km away in the Poltava region, east of Kyiv.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
There was no electricity, water, and partial heating in Kremenchuk, in the eastern Poltava region, the administration said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2025
The Ukrainian Air Force said it intercepted five drones and one missile launched at the Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Poltava and Kyiv regions of Ukraine.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2023
He met the forlorn remnants of a glorious band at Poltava in 1709, and routed them with ease.
From Heroes of Modern Europe by Birkhead, Alice
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