Definition of Kovno

1. Noun. A city in central Lithuania.

Exact synonyms: Kaunas, Kovna
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Lietuva, Lithuania, Republic Of Lithuania

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kovno

Kostmann syndrome
Kostroma
Kota
Kota Bharu
Kota Kinabalu
Kotar
Kotava
Kotex
Kotoko
Kott
Kotte
Kourotrophos
Kourtney
Koussevitzky
Kovna
Kovno (current term)
Koweit
Kowloon
Koyukon
Koyukons
Kozani
Kozhikode
Košice
Kr
Krabbe's disease
Krafft-Ebing
Krakatao
Krakatau
Krakatoa
Krakau

Literary usage of Kovno

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New York Times Current History (1915)
"Reports that Kovno was being evacuated reached London on that day; on Aug. 12 the German official report announced that the Warsaw-Petro- grad Railroad had ..."

2. The Bravest of the Brave, Michel Ney: Marshal of France, Duke of Elchingen by Andrew Hilliard Atteridge (1912)
"The fact was that a flying column of Russians had crossed the Niemen above Kovno on the ice, and occupied the Gumbinnen road. Marchand halted his men. ..."

3. The Story of the Great War by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1916)
"These forward thrusts were made especially from the fortresses Grodno and Kovno, and the fortified place Olita. We have already dealt with one such ..."

4. The Literary Digest History of the World War: Compiled from Original and (1919)
"Leaving Below in Courland, he increased the area of his enveloping movement by first capturing Kovno east of Warsaw, and the key to the Russian line of ..."

5. The Story of the Great War by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1916)
"CHAPTER XLIII RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE FROM Kovno—FOREST BATTLES IN MAY AND JUNE /DEFENSIVES on a large scale such as that which had been \J prevented by the ..."

6. Diplomatic Documents Relating to the Outbreak of the European War by James Brown Scott (1916)
"Kovno has been declared to be in a state of war. No. 9. Telegram of the Imperial Minister in Berne to the Imperial Chancellor on July 27th, 1914. ..."

7. Russia's Decline and Fall, the Secret History of the Great Debacle by Catherine Radziwill (1918)
"THE loss of Kovno, strange as it may appear, produced in Petrograd a far deeper ... Besides, Kovno was in Russia, and its possession by the Kaiser meant a ..."

8. The Great War by George Henry Allen, Henry C. Whitehead, French Ensor Chadwick (1919)
"Capture of Kovno by the Germans, August 17th. Fall of Novo Georgievsk, August 19th. Attempted landing of the Germans in the Gulf of Riga. ..."

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