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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Example Sentences

After bringing his column of 11,000 men through the pass, Gurko drove off four Turkish battalions sent against him from the Shipka Pass and Kazanlik.

From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland

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

"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

Forbes had been a witness of the savage tenacity of the Turkish attack and the Russian defence on the hills commanding the Shipka Pass.

From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland

The Shipka Pass, due south of Tirnova, was now strongly held, and Turkish troops were hurrying towards the two passes north of Slievno, some fifty miles farther east.

From The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) by Rose, John Holland