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  • proper noun A city in Ukraine.
  • proper noun A city in Bulgaria.

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Examples

  • In February he had personally led the 40th Armored Corps which, together with other units had been hastily redesignated Kampfgruppe Schörner across their exposed positions on the eastern bank of the Dnieper at Nikopol.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • In February he had personally led the 40th Armored Corps which, together with other units had been hastily redesignated Kampfgruppe Schörner across their exposed positions on the eastern bank of the Dnieper at Nikopol.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • He could envelop the Germans, but as Nikopol and Cherkassy showed, envelopment was not in and of itself enough.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • He could envelop the Germans, but as Nikopol and Cherkassy showed, envelopment was not in and of itself enough.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • All of it reminds me strongly of Enki Bilal's Nikopol triology!

    District 9 Teaser Trailer: The Uncensored Version | /Film 2009

  • Nikopol, an accidentally-escaped convict prematurely ejected from suspended animation, is marvelous in spite of himself; and Jill -- the pretty alien who cries blue tears and would make for a great DragonCon costume -- is played with a nice mix of moxy and naivety.

    July 6th, 2005 2005

  • CHRIS BURNS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: I'm Chris Burns, in Nikopol, Bulgaria, where the cleanup has begun but the rain is still falling.

    CNN Transcript Apr 20, 2006 2006

  • To the east and the southeast the Soviets are continuously battering against our bridgehead at Nikopol, chiefly from the Melitopol area.

    Stuka Pilot Rudel, Hans-Ulrich 1973

  • South of us meanwhile the situation has also changed, and our bridgehead at Nikopol has been abandoned.

    Stuka Pilot Rudel, Hans-Ulrich 1973

  • The first draft plan prepared by OKH, in midwinter, when the Red Army was making a painfully formidable impression, was for a limited campaign in south Russia and consolidation of the line east of the Dnieper bend, which would safeguard the manganese deposits at Nikopol.

    Barbarossa Clark, Alan 1965

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