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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

Their warlike energies, however, were soon checked by the signing of the San Stefano Treaty, in which the claims of Greece to an extension of frontier were altogether ignored.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

This treaty was reversed, primarily because of Western fear of Russian encroachment, by the Congress of Berlin; the Treaty of Berlin, signed on July 13, 1878, unlike the Treaty of San Stefano, delimited Bulgarian territories.

From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Baluyut, Violeta D.

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