Valentina Tereshkova
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7.7
- proper noun
- Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to fly into space.
Examples
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Valentina Tereshkova made history as the first woman to travel into space in 1963.
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In 1963, Valentina Tereshkova orbited the Earth 48 times.
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Many young women look up to Valentina Tereshkova as a pioneer in space exploration.
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The achievements of Valentina Tereshkova are celebrated around the world.
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Valentina Tereshkova made history as the first woman to travel into space in 1963.
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Many young women look up to Valentina Tereshkova as a pioneer in space exploration.
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Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to fly into space.
Synonyms
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8.0
A Soviet cosmonaut who was the first woman to go into space
Surface Forms
Morphology
Valentina + Tereshkova
This item is a proper name referring to a specific historical person; the constituent tokens 'Valentina' and 'Tereshkova' do not compositionally indicate that she was a Soviet cosmonaut or the first woman in space. Proper nouns are arbitrary labels that require encyclopedic or cultural knowledge rather than decomposition, so a B1 learner who only knows the word parts would not be able to derive the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Valentina Tereshkova is the name of a woman from the Soviet Union who worked in a factory and made parachute jumps, and in 1963 she was chosen to fly into space as the 'first woman in space'. That's why her name is remembered for a brave woman who opened the way for other women in space.