Velikiye Luki ; name also romanized as Velikie Luki, is a city on the meandering Lovat River in the southern part of Pskov Oblast, Russia. Its name is translated as 'Great Meanders'.ISBN 530900257Х. Г. П. Смолицкая. 'Топонимический словарь Центральной России'. 'Армада-Пресс', 2002 (G. P (...) (from Wikipedia)