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San Stefano

American  
[sahn ste-fah-naw] / sɑn ˈstɛ fɑˌnɔ /

noun

  1. the former name of Yeşilköy, a town in Turkey, near Istanbul: treaty between Russia and Turkey 1878.


San Stefano British  
/ ˌsæn stɪˈfɑːnəʊ /

noun

  1. Turkish name: Yeşilköy.  a village in NW Turkey, near Istanbul on the Sea of Marmara: scene of the signing (1878) of the treaty ending the Russo-Turkish War

"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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See Bologna has an emotional statue of Jesus’s death at Santa Maria della Vita church, and the fascinating San Stefano, an unfinished complex of seven churches.

From New York Times Oct. 2, 2018

Feeling only vague remorse, he walks through the hills to his parents' home in San Stefano Belbo.

From Time Magazine Archive

In every other sense it is doubtful whether the provisions of the treaty of Berlin were more favourable than those of the treaty of San Stefano.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various

By that treaty the preliminary peace of San Stefano was considerably modified.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various

Be at San Stefano at ten, and we can have a little talk in the church when I have finished.'

From The Making of a Saint by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

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