Shipka Pass
a mountain pass in central Bulgaria, in the Balkan Mountains. 4,375 feet (1,335 meters) high.
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How to use Shipka Pass in a sentence
Radetzky did even better, since he captured the Turkish army defending the Shipka Pass, thirty-six thousand strong.
Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) | Charles MorrisWe lingered long over one big gun, which bore marks of service at Shipka Pass.
Vacation days in Greece | Rufus B. RichardsonA still worse fate befell those of his troops which hung about Radetzky's front below the Shipka Pass.
The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) | John Holland RoseThe last efforts of Suleiman failed to wrest the Shipka Pass from its defenders.
History of Modern Europe 1972-1878 | C. A. Fyffe
British Dictionary definitions for Shipka Pass
/ (ˈʃɪpkə) /
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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