Bitolj

British

/ ˈbitolj, ˈbiːtəʊlə /

noun

a city in SW Macedonia: under Turkish rule from 1382 until 1913 when it was taken by the Serbs. Pop: 77 000 (2005 est)

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Born Nexhmije Xhuglini in Bitolj, in present-day North Macedonia to Albanian parents, she joined the Communist Party and fought with partisan forces during World War II.

From Seattle Times

A mysterious bombing by Italian-type planes of Bitolj, Yugoslavia, which caused a stir of feeling and was followed by the resignation of the Yugoslavs' anti-Italian Defense Minister, General Milan Neditch, may have been a punishment for grotesquely pro-Greek accounts of the war emanating from Belgrade.

From Time Magazine Archive

Kossovo, Scutari, Kumanovo, Skoplje, Prilep, Bitolj, Adrianople—all these names were well known by every Serbian soldier.

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