Shipka Pass

[ ship-kah ]

noun

1. a mountain pass in central Bulgaria, in the Balkan Mountains. 4,375 feet (1,335 meters) high.

Shipka Pass

/ ˈʃɪpkə /

noun

1. a pass over the Balkan Mountains in central Bulgaria: scene of a bloody Turkish defeat in the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78). Height: 1334 m (4376 ft)

Example Sentences

Radetzky did even better, since he captured the Turkish army defending the Shipka Pass, thirty-six thousand strong.

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We lingered long over one big gun, which bore marks of service at Shipka Pass.

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A still worse fate befell those of his troops which hung about Radetzky's front below the Shipka Pass.

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The last efforts of Suleiman failed to wrest the Shipka Pass from its defenders.

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