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Nevski

American  
[nev-skee, nef-, nyef-skyee] / ˈnɛv ski, ˈnɛf-, ˈnyɛf skyi /

noun

  1. Alexander. Alexander Nevski.


Nevski British  
/ ˈnjɛfskij, ˈnɛfskɪ /

noun

  1. See Alexander Nevski

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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

On the broad, cold Nevski Prospect the passers-by guessed: the hour was near.

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

The people sent to Alexander Nevski, begging him to come to their rescue, and after several refusals he consented.

From The Story of Russia by Bergen, R. Van

The day had no date.—I went for a walk incognito on the Nevski Prospect.

From The Mantle and Other Stories by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich