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Balaklava

Name: Balaklava
Address: UA

44.5000°N 33.6000°E · Q111387119

One English word in this atlas traces back to Balaklava. It sits in Ukraine.

All of Ukraine

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balaclavanoun · 1880s

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The winter hood is named for a Crimean War landing place.

British troops at the 1854 Battle of Balaclava received knitted coverings against the cold. The garment kept the name of the town on the Crimean coast.

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