Alexander Nevski

[ al-ig-zan-der nev-skee, nef-, -zahn-; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr nyef-skyee ]

noun

1. Aleksandr Nevski, 1220?–63, Russian prince, national hero, and saint.

Alexander Nevski

/ ˈnɛf-; ˈnɛvskɪ; ˈnjɛfskij /

noun

1. Alexander Nevski, Saint?12201263MRussianPOLITICS: hereditary rulerPOLITICS: military leader Saint. ?1220–63, Russian prince and military leader, who defeated the Swedes at the River Neva (1240) and the Teutonic knights at Lake Peipus (1242)

Example Sentences

"I will burn a candle and will pray for an end to the suicides," said Yordanka Koleva, a 69-year-old pensioner, outside Sofia's main cathedral, St. Alexander Nevski.

From Reuters

Alexander Nevski, my patron saint.

From Project Gutenberg

Just the same, when the royal train arrived at Sofia, the route from the railway station to the Alexander Nevski Cathedral was guarded by a triple line of soldiery.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1894 the Russian government, then ruling Warsaw and Poland, erected the magnificent Russian Orthodox Cathedral of Alexander Nevski, far larger than the Catholic Cathedral of St. John.

From Time Magazine Archive

After his mother's death, Paul at once had his father Peter disinterred; he had been buried for thirty-five years in the convent of Alexander Nevski.

From Project Gutenberg