Varna

  • 71Varna, batalla de — (10 nov. 1444). Victoria turca sobre los húngaros que marcó el fin de los intentos europeos de proteger Constantinopla. Los húngaros, dirigidos por János Hunyadi, rompieron una tregua y marcharon sobre Varna (en la actual Bulgaria), donde… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 72Varna, Crusade of —    The last effort by western Christendom to save Constantinople (q.v.) and eastern Europe from the Ottomans (q.v.). Preached by Pope Eugenius IV (qq.v.) in 1440, the Crusade included forces under Hunyadi and George Brankovich (qq.v.). After… …

    Historical dictionary of Byzantium

  • 73Varna — or formerly Stalin geographical name city & port E Bulgaria on Black Sea population 314,913 …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 74varna — noun /ˈvɜːnə,ˈvɑːnə/ a) any of the four original castes in Hinduism, or the system of such castes b) crow See Also: Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, Shudra …

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  • 75Varna — noun A city in northeastern Bulgaria …

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  • 76Varna — Vạrna   [v ], Stadt und Gebiet in Bulgarien, Warna …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 77VARNA —    (25), a port of Bulgaria, on a bay in the Black Sea; a place of considerable trade, specially in exporting corn; here the French and English allied forces encamped for four months in 1854 prior to their invasion of the Crimea …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 78varna — n. caste group in Hindu society …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 79varna — [ vα:nə] noun each of the four Hindu castes, Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Sudra. Origin Sanskrit, lit. colour, class …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 80Varna — Vahrn ted …

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