brest

Definition of Brest in English :

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Noun

1. brest

a port city in northwestern France (in Brittany); the chief naval station of France

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Brest

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noun

1.

a port in NW France, in Brittany: chief naval station of the country, planned by Richelieu in 1631 and fortified by Vauban. Pop: 148 316 (2006)

2.

a city in SW Belarus: Polish until 1795 and from 1921 to 1945. Pop: 299 000 (2005 est)

. Former name (until 1921): Brest Litovsk (brɛst liˈtɔfsk ). Polish name: Brześć nad Bugiem

Brest

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1.

seaport in W France, on the Atlantic: pop. 148,000

2.

city in SW Belarus, on the Bug River: pop. 277,000: site of the signing of a separate peace treaty (March, 1918) between Russia & the Central Powers

: formerly called Brest-Liˈtovsk (ˌbrɛstlɪˈtɔfsk ; brestˌlitôfskˈ)

Brest

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1. A city of northwest France on an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. Its large sheltered harbor was built in 1631 by Cardinal Richelieu as a naval base.

2. Formerly Brest-Li·tovsk (-lĭ-tôfsk) A city of southwest Belarus on the Bug River near the Polish border. It was the site (1596) of a synod of Eastern Orthodox church leaders who broke with Constantinople and entered into communion with the Roman Catholic Church, thereby establishing the Eastern Catholic churches. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, a separate peace treaty between Russia and the German coalition in World War I, was signed here on March 3, 1918.

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