Pechenga

[ puh-cheng-guh; Russian pyi-chyen-guh ]

noun

1. a village in the NW Russian Federation, on the Arctic Ocean W of Murmansk: ice-free all year; ceded by Finland 1944.

Pechenga

/ ˈpɛtʃiŋɡə /

noun

1. a region of NW Russia, a former territory of N Finland, ceded by Soviet Russia to Finland in 1920 and taken back in 1944 Former name1920–1944Petsamo

Example Sentences

In one previously undisclosed incident on July 6, a Russian military helicopter dropped from the sky to make multiple passes just feet over the hood of a vehicle being driven by the U.S. defense attache, who was accompanied by colleagues, on a stretch of road between Murmansk and Pechenga in northern Russia.

From Washington Post