DictionaryRoot: Balaclava
English
Balaclava
Crimean village and battle site
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proper noun
balaclava
A place in Crimea associated with a nineteenth-century battle.
Etymology
Balaclava is an English form of the Crimean place name. The town and its battle gave their name to the knitted head covering associated with soldiers serving in the Crimean War.