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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

Once more it hoped to regain the lands of Thrace and Macedonia, which were lost after the Treaty of San Stefano was reversed by the Congress of Berlin.

From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Baluyut, Violeta D.

The original peace treaty, the Treaty of San Stefano, signed on March 3, 1878, granted Bulgaria additional territories, including Thrace and the much-valued Macedonia.

From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Baluyut, Violeta D.

San Stefano, Treaty of, 25; destroyed by Powers, 26.

From The Balkan Wars 1912-1913 by Schurman, Jacob Gould

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