Pechenga
[ puh-cheng-guh; Russian pyi-chyen-guh ]
/ pəˈtʃɛŋ gə; Russian pyɪˈtʃyɛn gə /
noun
a village in the NW Russian Federation, on the Arctic Ocean W of Murmansk: ice-free all year; ceded by Finland 1944.
Finnish
Petsamo.
British Dictionary definitions for pechenga
Pechenga
/ (ˈpɛtʃiŋɡə) /
noun
a region of NW Russia, a former territory of N Finland, ceded by Soviet Russia to Finland in 1920 and taken back in 1944
Former name: (1920–1944) Petsamo