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Pleven

American  
[plev-en] / ˈplɛv ɛn /
Also Plevna

noun

  1. a city in N Bulgaria: siege of 143 days 1877.


Pleven British  
/ ˈplɛvna, ˈplɛvɛn /

noun

  1. a town in N Bulgaria: taken by Russia from the Turks in 1877 after a siege of 143 days. Pop: 102 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Possible toxicity from folic acid is the last thing on the mind of Katya Kovacheva, of the Medical University, Pleven, in Bulgaria, who runs the country’s only birth defects registry.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 26, 2021

Liam Pleven in The Wall Street Journal. @morningmoneyben: Remember when everyone freaked about gas prices?

From Washington Post • May 8, 2012

Last week, the President also: � Drove through the rain to Union Station, where he met visiting French Prime Minister Ren� Pleven, later settled down to a formal conference in the White House.

From Time Magazine Archive

But at a Cabinet meeting in January 1945, a majority led by Finance Minister Rene Pleven vigorously objected.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are twelve mediumwave radio transmitters: two are located in Pleven; two in Kurdzhali; two in Sofia; and one each in Plovdiv, Blagoevgrad, Varna, Shumen, Stara Zagora, and Stolnik.

From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Baluyut, Violeta D.