Voronezh

[ vuh-roh-nish; Russian vuh-raw-nyish ]

noun
  1. a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe.

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How to use Voronezh in a sentence

  • When he met her again in Voronezh the impression she made on him was not merely pleasing but powerful.

    War and Peace | Leo Tolstoy
  • He was sentenced to be sent to a disciplinary battalion and stayed fifteen months in the Voronezh disciplinary battalion.

  • Denisov was going home to Voronezh and Rostov persuaded him to travel with him as far as Moscow and to stay with him there.

    War and Peace | Leo Tolstoy
  • Her equipages were the huge family coach in which she had traveled to Voronezh, a semiopen trap, and a baggage cart.

    War and Peace | Leo Tolstoy
  • Fortunately, Anatol had a friend at Voronezh, to whom we telegraphed at once.

British Dictionary definitions for Voronezh

Voronezh

/ (Russian vaˈrɔnɪʃ) /


noun
  1. a city in W Russia: engineering, chemical, and food-processing industries; university (1918). Pop: 842 000 (2005 est)

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