Dniester

[ nee-ster; Russian dnyestr ]

/ ˈni stər; Russian dnyɛstr /

noun

a river in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains to the Black Sea. About 875 miles (1410 km) long.

Russian Dnestr. Romanian Nistru.

Example sentences from the Web for dniester

Heavy rains prevented extensive fighting at other points south of the Dniester.

The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) |Various
South of the Dniester the fighting is proceeding before the bridge head.

New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 |Various
Down the Dniester come timber and wooden wares from Galicia, and grain and wool from Bessarabia itself.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 6 |Various
Another large army was collected by the Russian princes who inhabited the valley of the Dniester.

The Empire of Russia |John S. C. Abbott

The river Dniester may be taken as the probable boundary between the two kingdoms into which they had separated.

A History of Germany |Bayard Taylor

British Dictionary definitions for dniester

Dniester

/ (ˈdniːstə) /

noun

a river in E Europe, rising in Ukraine, in the Carpathian Mountains and flowing generally southeast to the Black Sea. Length: 1411 km (877 miles) Russian name: Dnestr (ˈdnjɛstə) Romanian name: Nistru (ˈniːstruː)

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