Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of western Russia south-southwest of Kazan. Founded as a fortress in 1666, it is a railroad junction and major industrial center.
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- proper noun A city in
Russia , administrative centre of Penzaoblast .
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Examples
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New doomsday sect in Penza ‘calmly awaiting end of world’
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- Source: New doomsday sect in Penza ‘calmly awaiting end of world’, RIA Novosti, Russia, July 29, 2008 — Summarized by Religion News Blog
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He left Colorado Springs on Wednesday and is headed for a city in Russia, called Penza for a 3-week teacher to teacher program.
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It felt like someone jumped up and down next to you,'' said Lauren Penza, 32.
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It felt like someone jumped up and down next to you,'' said Lauren Penza, 32.
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Last November, 35 members of another Penza Region sect went underground to wait for the apocalypse, which they initially claimed would come in May.
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The Penza Region sect has existed since the 1990s, when Russia was submerged by a tidal wave of New Age groups and self-proclaimed messiahs.
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PENZA, July 16 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian sect leader whose followers recently spent more than six months underground in central Russia will take no further part in court sessions to decide if he should be held criminally responsible for his actions, a Penza Region judicial spokesman said Wednesday.
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Traffic police spokesman Vitaly Ivanov said in a televised statement that a car driven by Lavrova's sister collided Friday with another vehicle near Penza, about 330 miles southeast of Moscow.
Natalia Lavrova DEAD: Car Accident Kills Olympic Gold Medalist
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Traffic police spokesman Vitaly Ivanov said in a televised statement that a car driven by Lavrova's sister collided Friday with another vehicle near Penza, about 330 miles southeast of Moscow.
Natalia Lavrova DEAD: Car Accident Kills Olympic Gold Medalist
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