Tilsit

[ til-zit, -sit ]

noun

1. former name of Sovetsk.
2. a semihard, light yellow cheese made from whole milk, similar in flavor to mild Limburger.

Tilsit

/ ˈtɪlzɪt /

noun

1. the former name (until 1945) of Sovetsk

Example Sentences

She returned at once to Tilsit, her eyes swollen with weeping; but she appeared in a stately dress, and with a smile on her lips.

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To Talleyrand she said, with fine sarcasm, that only two persons regretted her having come to Tilsit—he and she.

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By such hitherto unknown simplicity and address diplomacy at Tilsit was rendered most expeditious.

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The diplomatic intrigues at St. Petersburg were intensely amusing after the peace of Tilsit.

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Napoleon had opened to him at Tilsit a dazzling vista of territorial aggrandizement.

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