Elbe

[ German el-buh; English elb ]

/ German ˈɛl bə; English ɛlb /

noun

a river in central Europe, flowing from the W Czech Republic NW through Germany to the North Sea. 725 miles (1165 km) long.

Czech La·be

[lah-be] /ˈlɑ bɛ/.

Example sentences from the Web for elbe

Immediately upon the conclusion of the treaty, the king crossed the Elbe, and next day joined the Saxons.

The Thirty Years War, Complete |Friedrich Schiller
Between Hamburg and Altona there was a little suburb situated on the right bank of the Elbe.

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete |Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
From Borkum to the Elbe, as the crow flies, is only seventy miles.

The Riddle of the Sands |Erskine Childers
Ultimately his army assembled and fell back behind the Elbe at Torgau.

The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2) |John Holland Rose

Didn't you sail to the Elbe together the day after I saw you last?'

The Riddle of the Sands |Erskine Childers

British Dictionary definitions for elbe

Elbe

/ (ɛlb, German ˈɛlbə) /

noun

a river in central Europe, rising in the N Czech Republic and flowing generally northwest through Germany to the North Sea at Hamburg. Length: 1165 km (724 miles) Czech name: Labe

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