Silistra
Proper noun
Meaning
Silistra
A town in northeastern Bulgaria.
Examples
Accordingly, the Russians were forced to raise the siege of Silistra on 23 June 1854, and begin abandoning the Principalities.
In 1087 the Pechenegs raided into Thrace, and Alexios crossed into Moesia to retaliate but failed to take Dorostolon ( Silistra ).
In 2006 Russia’s Gazprom company bid against several European energy companies for ownership of newly privatized regional heating utilities, and the Austrian Petromaxx Energy Group invested US$120 million in a new oil refinery at Silistra.
The land border from Silistra to Cape Sivriburun at the Black Sea is 139 km long.
They then moved north to Varna in June, arriving just in time for the Russians to abandon Silistra.