Tilsit

[til-zit, -sit]

noun

1. former name of Sovetsk.

2. a semihard, light yellow cheese made from whole milk, similar in flavor to mild Limburger.

Tilsit

/ ˈtɪlzɪt /

noun

1. the former name (until 1945) of Sovetsk

Example Sentences

I was actually from Tilsit, just northeast of Königsberg.

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The following day I left my small apartment near the museum and took a train to Tilsit.

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I thought of our warm kitchen at home in Tilsit, the soft ring of the lids trembling on their pots, and my sister’s laughter echoing throughout the house.

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I wondered if the Russians had taken Tilsit yet.

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As a small boy in Tilsit, I once found my way inside the pipe organ of a local church.

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