Pernik

Pernik [Bulgarian per-nik] Examples noun

1. former name of Dimitrovo.

Examples from the Web for pernik Historical Examples of pernik

The lignite mines opened by the government at Pernik in 1891 yielded in 1904 142,000 tons.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4

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The steel mill at Pernik is to be modernized, also with Soviet assistance.

Area Handbook for Bulgaria

Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole

British Dictionary definitions for pernik Pernik noun

1. an industrial town in W Bulgaria, on the Struma River. Pop: 84 000 (2005 est)Former name (1949–62): Dimitrovo