Balaklava

[ bal-uh-klah-vuh, bahl-; Ukrainian buh-luh-klah-vuh ]

noun

1. a seaport in southern Crimea, in southern Ukraine, on the Black Sea: scene of English cavalry charge against Russians (1854), celebrated in Tennyson's poem Charge of the Light Brigade.

Balaklava

/ bəlaˈklavə; ˌbæləˈklɑːvə /

noun

1. a small port in Ukraine, in S Crimea: scene of an inconclusive battle (1854), which included the charge of the Light Brigade, during the Crimean War

Example Sentences

His visit began by inspecting troops from Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.

From BBC

The attacks were over the harbour of Sevastopol and the city's Balaklava and Khersones districts, Razvozhaev said earlier.

From Reuters

"The Battalion were saddened to hear of the tragic passing of former Balaklava Cadet CSM Connor Morrison," the unit said on Facebook.

From BBC

She was escorted to a courtroom by a group of police officers, one of them wearing a balaklava, and stood in a metal cage, holding photographs of her relatives, teammates and friends, according to video footage from the scene published by Russian state television.

From New York Times

Others say it was meant to commemorate the Battle of Balaklava of the Crimean War, immortalized in the poem, “The Charge of the Light Brigade,” by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

From Washington Post