Svetlana

[svet-lah-nuh, sfet-, svyi-tlah-nuh]

noun

1. a female given name.

Example Sentences

In a news conference on Friday, Belarus's exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya thanked the US president for securing the prisoners' release.

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Another 14 prisoners were pardoned and released in June during the visit of a US special envoy, including Sergei Tikhanovsky, the husband of exiled Belarus opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.

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"Of course we're worried," Svetlana tells me in a Vladivostok park when I ask her about Ukraine.

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As sea levels continue to rise around the UK, the risk of flooding is only going to increase further, says Dr Svetlana Jevrejeva from the National Oceanography Centre.

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When his wife, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, went on to run in his place she attracted huge crowds.

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