Berezina

[ Polish be-re-zee-nah; Russian byi-ryi-zyi-nah ]

/ Polish ˌbɛ rɛˈzi nɑ; Russian byɪ ryɪ zyɪˈnɑ /

noun

a river in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing SE into the Dnieper River: costly crossing by Napoleon 1812. 350 miles (565 km) long.

Example sentences from the Web for berezina

Borizof, and its bridge over the Berezina, were still open; and it would be sufficient to reach it.

History of the Expedition to Russia |Count Philip de Segur
Night closed upon us amid the gloomy forests bordering the banks of the Berezina.

Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 |John Lloyd Stephens
The army trudged through mud and sleet until November the 26th when the river Berezina was reached.

The Story of Mankind |Hendrik Van Loon
This infection even penetrated to the grand army; after the passage of the Berezina, Napoleon had been informed of it.

History of the Expedition to Russia |Count Philip de Segur

In that case all our efforts and the passage of the Berezina would have been entirely useless.

History of the Expedition to Russia |Count Philip de Segur

British Dictionary definitions for berezina

Berezina

/ (Russian bɪrɪziˈna) /

noun

a river in Belarus, rising in the north and flowing south to the River Dnieper: linked with the River Dvina and the Baltic Sea by the Berezina Canal . Length: 563 km (350 miles)

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