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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SMOLENSK

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PRONUNCIATION OF SMOLENSK

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SMOLENSK

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Smolensk is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SMOLENSK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Smolensk

Smolensk

Smolensk (Russian: Смоленск, IPA: ( listen)) is a city and the administrative center of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located on the Dnieper River, 360 kilometers (220 mi) west-southwest of Moscow. Population: 326,861 (2010 Census); 325,137 (2002 Census); 341,483 (1989 Census). The walled city in the center of Smolensk (along with the outskirts) was destroyed several times throughout its long history because it was on the invasion routes of both Napoleon and Hitler. Today, Smolensk is noted for electronics, textiles, food processing, and diamond faceting.

Definition of Smolensk in the English dictionary

The definition of Smolensk in the dictionary is a city in W Russia, on the Dnieper River: a major commercial centre in medieval times; scene of severe fighting in World War II. Pop: 323 000.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SMOLENSK

Smoky Mountains
smoky quartz
smolder
smoldering
Smollett

WORDS THAT END LIKE SMOLENSK

Akmolinsk
Aktyubinsk
Blagoveshchensk
Bryansk
Chelyabinsk
Dneprodzerzhinsk
Dvinsk
Dzerzhinsk
Ivanovo-Voznesensk
Lugansk
Minsk
Murmansk
Pinsk
Rybinsk
Saransk
Semipalatinsk
Stalinsk
Verkhne-Udinsk
Vernoleninsk

Synonyms and antonyms of Smolensk in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Smolensk» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SMOLENSK

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

Translator English - Chinese

斯摩棱斯克
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Smolensk
570 millions of speakers

English

Smolensk
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्मोलेंस्क
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

سمولينسك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Смоленск
278 millions of speakers

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Smolensk
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্মলেন্সক
260 millions of speakers

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Smolensk
220 millions of speakers

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Smolensk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Smolensk
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スモレンスク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스몰 렌 스크
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Smolensk
85 millions of speakers
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Smolensk
80 millions of speakers

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ஸ்மோலென்ஸ்க்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्मोलन्स्क
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Smolensk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Smolensk
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Smoleńsk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Смоленськ
40 millions of speakers

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Smolensk
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Σμολένσκ
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Smolensk
14 millions of speakers
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Smolensk
10 millions of speakers
no

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Smolensk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Smolensk

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SMOLENSK»

The term «Smolensk» is quite widely used and occupies the 52.447 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SMOLENSK» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SMOLENSK»

Discover the use of Smolensk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Smolensk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Barbarossa Derailed: The German advance to Smolensk, the ...
The series will consist of a detailed two-volume chronological narrative of the course of operations, accompanied by a third volume, containing an extensive collection of specific orders and reports translated verbatim from Russian, and a ...
David M. Glantz, 2010
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Smolensk Under the Nazis: Everyday Life in Occupied Russia
Drawing on oral-history interviews and other sources, this work provides fascinating accounts of how Soviets, Jews, and Roma fared in the Russian city of Smolensk under the 26-month Nazi occupation.
Laurie R. Cohen, 2013
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Barbarossa Derailed: the Battle for Smolensk 10 July-10 ...
Quite simply, this series breaks new ground in World War II Eastern Front and Soviet military studies.
David M. Glantz, 2010
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Transit spaces: Frankfurt/Oder-Poznan, Warsaw, Brest, Minsk, ...
Transit Spaces~ISBN 3-936314-80-2 U.S. $35.00 / Paperback, 6.5 x 24 in. / 360 pgs / 80 color. ~Item / April / Architecture
Regina Bittner, Wilfried Hackenbroich, Kai Vöckler, 2006
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Russia & Belarus
Its elegant music hall is the jewel of the town, and the regular concerts held here as well as its annual music festival keep Smolensk well connected to flourishing musical traditions of centuries past. Set on the upper Dnepr River, 390km ...
Mark Elliott, 2006
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Russia
%4812 / pop 351,000 / hMoscow One of the oldest cities in Russia – contemporary to Novgorod – Smolensk carries plenty of cultural baggage into the present day. Ancient walls, onion dome cathedrals and well- landscaped parks are strewn ...
‎2010
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Dictionary of Wars
Basil's Russian forces made two unsuccessful sieges of the Lithuanian-held city of Smolensk in December 1512. Seizing other territory, they eventually took the city in June 1514. At Orsha, however, the Russians suffered a severe defeat ...
George C. Kohn, 2007
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Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: P-Z
Smolensk I 1502 I 1st Muscovite- Lithuanian War A new attempt to seize Smolensk after failure to exploit victory at Mstislavl (November 1501 ) saw Duke Ivan III of Moscow send a large force under his son Dimitri. Failed assaults and the ...
Tony Jaques, 2007
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Night of Denial: Stories and Novellas
68 he whose iron sandals . . . cathedral at Smolensk In the Eastern Orthodox Church the solea is a raised part of the floor in front of the inner sanctuary, where the parishioners receive communion. The cathedral mentioned here is the most ...
Ivan Bunin, 2006
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Russian Travelers to Constantinople in the Fourteenth and ...
Chapter II THE "JOURNEY TO CONSTANTINOPLE" OF IGNATIUS OF SMOLENSK Introduction IGNATIUS JOURNEY AS A HISTORICAL DOCUMENT The "Journey to Constantinople" of Ignatius of Smolensk is an important historical  ...
George P. Majeska, 1984

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SMOLENSK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Smolensk is used in the context of the following news items.
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President-elect: Smolensk memorial in front of presidential palace
The interview, which will be published in the Saturday edition of the Rzeczpospolita daily, focused on, among other things, the Smolensk crash and the ... «thenews.pl, May 15»
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Poland remembers Smolensk air crash amid controversy
So far all official investigations have concluded the crash was mainly caused by poorly trained pilots attempting to land in dense fog at Smolensk military airfield. «BBC News, Apr 15»
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Poland marks five years since Smolensk catastrophe
Polish flags and flowers at the base of one of the birch trees in Smolensk which clipped the wing of the Tu-154M on 10 April 2010. Photo: PAP/Wojciech ... «thenews.pl, Apr 15»
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Pilots in Smolensk crash that killed Polish president pressured to …
The presidential palace in Warsaw in the early hours of 11 April 2010 following the Polish government Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft crash near Smolensk. «The Guardian, Apr 15»
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Poland charges Russian air traffic controllers over Smolensk
Military prosecutors in Poland have filed criminal charges against two Russian air traffic controllers over the 2010 crash in Smolensk, but Russia rebuffs the ... «thenews.pl, Mar 15»
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Poland asks Russia for grounds of failure to return Smolensk plane …
Poland has asked Russia for a written statement of the grounds for its failure to date to hand over the wreck of the presidential plane that crashed in Smolensk in ... «thenews.pl, Feb 15»
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Location suggested for Smolensk victims monument
The statue to the victims of the Smolensk plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczyński and 96 others in Russia in 2010 should be located at Warsaw's ... «thenews.pl, Feb 15»
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Smolensk 3 simulator commissioned
A full-scale simulator for unit 3 of Russia's Smolensk nuclear power plant has begun operation. The RBMK is to be upgraded to allow extended operation. «World Nuclear News, May 14»
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Smolensk air disaster 'was caused by mystery explosion'
The Smolensk air disaster that claimed the lives of the former president, his wife and 94 others, was caused by a mysterious explosion on board that ripped the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 14»
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Prosecutor rules out Smolensk disaster explosion theory
The District Military Prosecutor in Warsaw has ruled out any possibility that an explosion occurred aboard the Polish presidential plane that crashed in Smolensk ... «thenews.pl, Apr 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Smolensk [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/smolensk>. Apr 2024 ».
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