Meanings
Suwalki gap1
- alternativeAlternative form of Suwałki gap.
On Russian television, pundits have openly urged the Kremlin to escalate the war in Ukraine by enforcing a military corridor along the “Suwalki gap” – Lithuania’s short border with Poland – thus cutting off the Baltics from other Nato-allied lands.
2022 April 11, Philip Oltermann, “Nato’s ‘achilles heel’: alliance conducts war games in nervous Lithuania”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Suwalki Gap2
- Alternative letter-case form of Suwalki gap.
1 more example
And on the A4 autobahn in eastern Germany, a U.S. Army captain and his Macedonian counterpart rushed toward the Suwalki Gap — the place many war planners predict will be the flashpoint for a NATO war with Russia — hoping the overheated radiator on their Stryker armored combat vehicle wouldn’t kill the engine.
2024 April 24, Helene Cooper, “NATO Puts on a Show of Force in the Shadow of Russia’s War”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
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Suwalki gap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Suwalki%20gap
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