San Stefano

[ sahn -ste-fah-naw ]

/ sɑn ˈstɛ fɑˌnɔ /

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noun

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

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How to use San Stefano in a sentence

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San Antonio de Bexar lies in a fertile and well-irrigated valley, stretching westward from the river Salado.
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The five hundred men whom we had left in San Antonio de Bexar, fared no better.
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The jagged top and spurs of San Jacinto Mountain shone like the turrets and posterns of a citadel built of rubies.
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On a shelf near one of these windows stood the little Madonna, again wreathed with vines as in San Pasquale.
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British Dictionary definitions for San Stefano

San Stefano

/ (ˌsæn stɪˈfɑːnəʊ) /

noun

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

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