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Przemyśl

American  
[pshe-mish-uhl] / ˈpʃɛ mɪʃ əl /

noun

  1. a city in SE Poland: occupied by the Russians 1915.


Przemyśl British  
/ ˈpʃɛmiʃl /

noun

  1. a city in SE Poland, near the border with Ukraine on the San River: a fortress in the early Middle Ages; belonged to Austria (1722–1918). Pop: 66 968 (2007 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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He arrived at the Przemyśl Główny station at 8:45 p.m. local time, and he headed back to the airport for a flight to Warsaw, where he will deliver a speech on Tuesday.

From New York Times • Feb. 20, 2023

Russia laid siege to Przemyśl in modern-day Poland.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

That first night in Poland the men slept out outside Przemyśl railway station, before walking across into Ukraine the following morning.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2022

Christian Thomas, 26, and his wife, Ksenia Thomas, 25, had driven 24 hours from Saarbrücken, Germany, which is more than 800 miles from Przemyśl.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2022

My cousin’s wife answers the door in Lezajsk, surprised and a little suspicious, but within thirty minutes I’ve made double what I could have gotten at the secondhand shops in Przemyśl.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

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