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Vitebsk

[ vee-tepsk; Russian vyee-tyipsk ]

/ ˈvi tɛpsk; Russian ˈvyi tyɪpsk /

noun

a city in NE Byelorussia (Belarus), on the Dvina River.

Also Vi·tsyebsk [veet-syepsk; Russian vee-tsyipsk] /vitˈsyɛpsk; Russian ˈvi tsyɪpsk/.

Example sentences from the Web for vitebsk

And Vitebsk was not so different, only bigger and brighter and more crowded.

The Promised Land |Mary Antin
They inhabit Courland, Livonia, and a part of the province of Vitebsk.

Above the Battle |Romain Rolland
Vitebsk was a metropolis beside provincial Polotzk; and I was very small, even without stooping.

The Promised Land |Mary Antin
We have abandoned Vilna and Vitebsk and shall abandon Drissa.

War and Peace |Leo Tolstoy

The Livs, who formerly extended east into the government of Vitebsk, have nearly all passed away.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 7 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for vitebsk

Vitebsk

/ (Russian ˈvitɪpsk) /

noun

a city in E Belarus, a port on the Dvina river: taken by Russia in 1772. Pop: 344 000 (2005 est)