Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
Penza [pen-zuh; Russian pyen-zuh] Examples noun
- a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe.
Examples from the Web for penza Historical Examples of penza
A town in the government of Saratov, 74 m. by rail east of Penza.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 8
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If I hadn’t dissipated so in Penza I’d have had enough money to get home with.
Nicolay Gogol
She knew that for the Penza estates and Nizhegorod forests she could demand this, and she received what she demanded.
Leo Tolstoy
She was one of two daughters of a landed proprietor of Penza, formerly very rich and since ruined.
The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories
Leo Tolstoi
Let this question be answered by civilizers and democrats from Tambow, Saratow, or Penza, and their jealous apologists.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864
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British Dictionary definitions for penza Penza noun
- a city in W Russia: manufacturing centre. Pop: 514 000 (2005 est)