Honours
- A city in Kansas and a town in Montana in the United States, as well as a village in Ontario, Canada were named after Pleven, or more precisely its historical name in English Plevna, the reason for which is the battle in 1877.
- A road in Hampton, Middlesex, London is named Plevna, adjoining another called Varna Road both made up of Victorian terraced housing built in 1870s and named after the battles in Bulgaria of the period.
- Pleven Saddle on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica is named after Pleven.
- In other countries there are five cities and towns named after Plevna, and eighteen Plevna streets in Britain alone
- In Romania, more than 10 large cities have a Plevna (Romanian for Pleven) street, as Pleven was the location for an important battle between the Ottoman Empire on a side, and on the other Russian Empire and Romania after which Romania gained independence.
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