Vitebsk

American

[vee-tepsk, vyee-tyipsk] / ˈvi tɛpsk, ˈvyi tyɪpsk /

Russian Vitsyebsk

noun

a city in northeast Belarus, on the Dvina River.

Vitebsk British

/ ˈvitɪpsk /

noun

a city in E Belarus, a port on the Dvina river: taken by Russia in 1772. Pop: 344 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

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In the town of Vitebsk I sit in on one of his campaign events.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2025

Unofficial Telegram channels monitoring military activity in Belarus reported late on Saturday that some 1,400-1,600 Russian troops arrived from Russia into the northeastern city of Vitebsk in Belarus over the past two days.

From Reuters • Jan. 8, 2023

When Aliaksei Protas first entered the home of his new host family in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, he was just a tall, thin 17-year-old from Vitebsk, Belarus.

From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2021

Floating cows, flying goats, boldly colored geometric shapes — these elements in the exhibition “Chagall, Lissitzky, Malevich: The Russian Avant-Garde in Vitebsk, 1918-1922” should beguile children.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2018

The Russians are taking part in the campaign; yesterday they started their offensive near Vitebsk, exactly three years to the day that the Germans invaded Russia.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

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