Yalta

[ yawl-tuh; Russian yahl-tuh ]

/ ˈyɔl tə; Russian ˈyɑl tə /

noun

a seaport in the Crimea, S Ukraine, on the Black Sea: site of wartime conference of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin February 4–12, 1945.

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Yalta was great for strolls along the sea during the Byzantine, Ottoman and Russian empires.
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This week, he will meet with Putin in Yalta for a major summit.
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Politically he achieved his aim of revising the map of middle Europe so disastrously drawn at Yalta.
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In fact, the Yalta Agreement promised freedom and independence for Eastern Europe.
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He stayed in Yalta, though he evidently did not like it and longed to be home.
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The following day we left Alupka by motor for Yalta, a port a little further east.
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I can't come for the opening of your season, I must stay in Yalta till November.
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That autumn in Yalta was splendid; he felt well there, and the progress of his disease led him to settle in Yalta permanently.
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I have informed my fiancee of your design of coming to Yalta in order to cut her out a little.
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British Dictionary definitions for yalta

Yalta

/ (Russian ˈjaltə) /

noun

a port and resort in S Ukraine, in the Crimea on the Black Sea: scene of a conference (1945) between Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin, who met to plan the final defeat and occupation of Nazi Germany. Pop: 80 552 (2005 est)

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