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Shipka Pass

[ ship-kah ]

noun

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


Shipka Pass

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

We lingered long over one big gun, which bore marks of service at Shipka Pass.

A still worse fate befell those of his troops which hung about Radetzky's front below the Shipka Pass.

The last efforts of Suleiman failed to wrest the Shipka Pass from its defenders.

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