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Pleven

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Pleven or Plevna , city (1993 pop. 130,354), N Bulgaria. A commercial center for a fertile agricultural region, it has food-processing industries and manufactures cotton textiles, cement, and wood and rubber goods. An old Thracian settlement, Pleven was later occupied by the Romans. It became a trade center under Turkish rule (15th-19th cent.). The city is famous for its defense by the Turks against Russian and Romanian troops in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. Its fall (1877) to the Russians after four months of fighting caused the Turks to demand an armistice.

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Pleven

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Pleven, Bulgaria Storgosia, Plewna, Kajluka Originally with a Thracian name, it was then given a Slav name before adopting its present one in 1270. The Pleva River, on which it lies, is the source of the name. This comes from a Slavonic root word for ‘to swim’ or ‘to float’.

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Pleven

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Pleven •Melanchthon •lengthen, strengthen •Nathan •Elizabethan, Ethan •Phaethon • python • leviathan •Jonathan • marathon • earthen •Carmarthen • leathern • heathen •northern • southern • burthen •Avon, Cavan, cavern, raven, tavern •Caernarfon, Dungarvan, Javan •Wilhelmshaven • Tórshavn •Bevan, Devon, eleven, Evan, heaven, leaven, Pleven, seven, Severn •Hesvan •craven, graven, haven, maven, shaven, Stratford-upon-Avon •even, Sivan, Steven •driven, forgiven, given, misgiven, Niven, riven, shriven, thriven •silvern, sylvan •Godgiven • Sullivan •enliven, Ivan, liven •cloven, interwoven, woven •Beethoven • Eindhoven • proven •coven, govern, misgovern, oven, sloven •cordovan • Donovan • Quechuan •Bronwen • Iowan

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