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Meaning of "Minsk" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MINSK

mɪnsk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MINSK

noun
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adverb
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determiner
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Minsk is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MINSK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Minsk

+375 17 +375 29 +375 25 +375 33 +375 44 License plate 7 Website www.minsk.gov.by Coordinates: 53°54′N 27°34′E / 53.900°N 27.567°E / 53.900; 27.567 Minsk is the capital and largest city of Belarus, situated on the Svislach and Nyamiha rivers. It is the administrative centre of the Commonwealth of Independent States. As the national capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the administrative centre of Minsk Region and Minsk raion. In 2013, it had a population of 2,002,600. The earliest historical references to Minsk date to the 11th century, when it was noted as a provincial city within the principality of Polotsk. The settlement developed on the rivers. In 1242, Minsk became a part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. It received town privileges in 1499. From 1569, it was a capital of the Minsk Voivodship in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was part of a region annexed by the Russian Empire in 1793, as a consequence of the Second Partition of Poland. From 1919–1991, after the Russian Revolution, Minsk was the capital of the Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republic within the Soviet Union.

Definition of Minsk in the English dictionary

The definition of Minsk in the dictionary is the capital of Belarus: an industrial city and educational and cultural centre, with a university. Pop: 1 709 000.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MINSK

Bryansk · Dvinsk · Ivanovo-Voznesensk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MINSK

Minorca · Minorcan · minoritaire · Minorite · minorities · minority · minority carrier · minority group · minority president · minority programme · minority report · minorship · Minos · Minotaur

WORDS THAT END LIKE MINSK

Akmolinsk · Aktyubinsk · Chelyabinsk · Dneprodzerzhinsk · Dzerzhinsk · Pinsk · Rybinsk · Semipalatinsk · Stalinsk · Verkhne-Udinsk · Vernoleninsk

Synonyms and antonyms of Minsk in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Minsk» into 25 languages

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The translations of Minsk from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Minsk» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

明斯克
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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Minsk
570 millions of speakers
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English

Minsk
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

मिन्स्क
380 millions of speakers
ar

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مينسك
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

Минск
278 millions of speakers
pt

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Minsk
270 millions of speakers
bn

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মিন্স্ক
260 millions of speakers
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Minsk
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Minsk
190 millions of speakers
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Minsk
180 millions of speakers
ja

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ミンスク
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

민스크
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Minsk
85 millions of speakers
vi

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Minsk
80 millions of speakers
ta

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மின்ஸ்க்
75 millions of speakers
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मिन्स्क
75 millions of speakers
tr

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Minsk
70 millions of speakers
it

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Minsk
65 millions of speakers
pl

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Mińsk
50 millions of speakers
uk

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Мінськ
40 millions of speakers
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Minsk
30 millions of speakers
el

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Minsk
15 millions of speakers
af

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Minsk
14 millions of speakers
sv

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Minsk
10 millions of speakers
no

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Minsk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Minsk

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MINSK»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Minsk

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MINSK»

Discover the use of Minsk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Minsk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Minsk Ghetto 1941-1943: Jewish Resistance and Soviet ...
Telling a story that stands in stark contrast to what transpired across much of Eastern Europe, where Jews found few reliable allies in the face of the Nazi threat, this book captures the texture of life inside and outside the Minsk ghetto, ...
Barbara Epstein, 2008
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Minsk: Poems
A first collection to be published in the United States, a selection of contemporary works by the British poet explores elements of place, including the childhood landscapes that are left behind, the sites of adulthood, and locations that ...
Lavinia Greenlaw, 2003
3
The Mastersinger from Minsk: An Inspector Hermann Preiss Mystery
In Munich, composer Richard Wagner is completing his new opera Die Meistersinger von Nuremberg. It has been a difficult few years for him, and much depends upon the success of this new work.
Morley Torgov, 2012
4
The Minsk ghetto: Soviet-Jewish partisans against the Nazis
The author, a leader of the Jewish resistance, recounts how the Nazi forces created a Jewish ghetto in Minsk
Hersh Smolar, 1989
5
World and Its Peoples
Minsk is a largely modern city, having been severely damaged in World Wars I ( 1914-1918) and II (1939-1945) and subsequently reconstructed. The city lies along the Svislach (also given as Svisloch) River in a region of low, slightly hilly ...
‎2010
6
Europe on a Shoestring
Air International flights use Minsk-2 airport ( 006, 279 1300), 40km east of Minsk. Domestic flights and those to/from Kyiv, Kaliningrad and Moscow use the smaller Minsk-1 airport ( 006; vul Chkalova 38), a few kilometres from the centre.
‎2009
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The chicken from Minsk
A collection of math and physics problems ranging from tricky to extremely difficult includes clues, answers, and stories about a problem's origin or how it was first solved
Yuri B. Chernyak, Robert M. Rose, 1995
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Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia 2003
Belarusian Social Democratic Party (National Assembly) (Belaruskaya Satsyal- demakratychnaya Partya — Narodnaya Hra- mada): 2201 14 Minsk, pr. F. Skaryny 153/2/107; tel. and fax ( 17) 263- 37-48; e-mail ...
9
Frommer's Vietnam
Well, one way to do it is to get yourself a Minsk. Built in Minsk, Belarus, by the Motovelo corporation, these sturdy 100cc machines come in two different models: 1) the older classic Minsk, which is a model of Soviet-style “function not form” ...
Charles Agar, 2006
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The nuns of Minsk, a drama, by Robert Blake
The Play is entitled 'The Nuns of Minsk : a Tale of Russian Atrocities in Poland.' The license had been secured, the actors had learned their parts, there had been several rehearsals, and all was ready for the production, when suddenly the ...
Robert Hely Thompson, 1878

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MINSK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Minsk is used in the context of the following news items.
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Victory Bell consecrated at festival of Orthodox youth of Minsk Eparchy
MINSK, 22 July (BelTA) – The Third Festival of Orthodox Youth of the Minsk Eparchy dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Victory in the Great ... «Belarus News, Jul 15»
2
Minsk hosts second day of TEMP 2015
Minsk hosts second day of TEMP 2015. Today is the second day of a large-scale youth forum, which has united young people from eight ... «TVR, Jul 15»
3
Average price per square meter of housing in Minsk on decline
MINSK, 22 July (BelTA) - The average price per square meter in Minsk declined from $1690 in July 2014 to $1374 in June 2015, according to ... «Belarus News, Jul 15»
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Belarus' DOSAAF intends to start training civil aviation pilots
MINSK, 22 July (BelTA) – Belarus' DOSAAF intends to offer training in civil aviation, BelTA learned from Ivan Dyrman, the chairman of the ... «Belarus News, Jul 15»
5
Sub-groups for Ukraine meeting in Minsk
Meetings of the sub-groups for the settlement of the conflict in eastern Ukraine began in the Belarusian capital Minsk on July 21, the Belarusian ... «Kyiv Post, Jul 15»
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Meeting of Contact Group for Ukraine ends in Minsk
MINSK - The Contact Group for Ukraine has finished work in Minsk, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry told Interfax. Announcement To Readers. «Kyiv Post, Jul 15»
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DPR, LPR Support Minsk Peace Talks Extension for 2016
MINSK (Sputnik) — The self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics in eastern Ukraine support the extension of peace talks in ... «Sputnik International, Jul 15»
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OSCE chief meeting with Contact Group, subgroups' coordinators in …
MINSK - The Chairperson-in-office of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and Serbia's First Deputy Prime ... «Kyiv Post, Jul 15»
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Trilateral Contact Group may meet in Minsk by end of July and on …
MINSK - The participants in the meetings of the Trilateral Contact Group on the peace process in eastern Ukraine have agreed preliminarily to ... «Kyiv Post, Jul 15»
10
Residential property prices hit bottom in Minsk
In January, the number of home purchase transactions in Minsk was half of what we had in January 2014. The market fell by another 30% in ... «Belarus News, Jul 15»
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