Shipka Pass

American  

[ship-kah] / ˈʃɪp kɑ /

noun

1. a mountain pass in central Bulgaria, in the Balkan Mountains. 4,375 feet (1,335 meters) high.

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Shipka Pass British  

/ ˈʃɪpkə /

noun

1. a pass over the Balkan Mountains in central Bulgaria: scene of a bloody Turkish defeat in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78). Height: 1334 m (4376 ft)

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Shipka Pass

During the Russo-Turkish War he distinguished himself at the crossing of the Danube at Sistova, and was wounded at the Shipka Pass.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

"You never looked so good to me," he said to Sewall that night, "as you did when I saw your head coming up the Shipka Pass."

From Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hagedorn, Hermann

But to spend Christmas in the Shipka Pass and the New Year here, sapristi! there is no fun in that.

From Peasant Tales of Russia by Nemirovitch-Dantchenko, V.I.

The Russian troops crossed the Danube and the Balkan Mountains, and seized on the important Shipka Pass.

From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park

Radetzky did even better, since he captured the Turkish army defending the Shipka Pass, thirty-six thousand strong.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles