Blagoveshchensk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city, the administrative center of Amur Oblast in Siberia, Russia, on the border with China.

Pronunciation

/ˌblɑɡəˈvɛʃt͡ʃɛnsk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Blagoveshchensk.wav blǔgu̇vyěshʹchǐnsk blə-gə-vyěshʹchǐnsk

Word forms

Blagoveshchensk

Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Благове́щенск (Blagovéščensk), from Благове́щение (Blagovéščenije, “Annunciation”), named after the Church of Annunciation.

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