Svetlana

[ svet-lah-nuh, sfet-; Russian svyi-tlah-nuh ]

noun

1. a female given name.

Example Sentences

Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, now in exile after running for election against Lukashenko, sent a short video on Telegram with greetings for "Masha", as she called Maria affectionately, and expressed "joy" to see her reunited with her father.

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“I’m all for peace and friendship,” says Svetlana.

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Ms Poletelova was killed in her Limavady home by her friend Svetlana Svedova.

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On the eve of his final hearing, dozens of prominent fellow film makers and artists – including Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Holland and Nobel prize-winning author Svetlana Alexievich - signed an open letter to Serbian authorities, urging them not to extradite him.

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Svetlana Kaverzina, an independent politician in Siberia, said no-one had tried to talk him out of sacrificing himself because they hadn’t been aware what was happening.

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