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Bal•a•kla•va
Pronunciation: (bal"u-klä'vu; Russ. bu-lu-klä'vu), [key]—
n.
a seaport in S Crimea, in the S Ukraine, on the Black Sea: scene of English cavalry charge against Russians (1854), celebrated in Tennyson's poem
Charge of the Light Brigade.Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.