Vistula

[ vis-choo-luh ]
/ ˈvɪs tʃʊ lə /

noun

a river in Poland, flowing N from the Carpathian Mountains past Warsaw into the Baltic near Danzig. About 650 miles (1050 km) long.
Polish Wi·sła [vee-swah] /ˈvi swɑ/. German Weich·sel [vahyk-suh l] /ˈvaɪk səl/.

Example sentences from the Web for weichsel

  • Weichsel is the German group name for these cherries, rather less commonly used than the other two terms.

    The Cherries of New York |U. P. Hedrick

British Dictionary definitions for weichsel (1 of 2)

Weichsel
/ (ˈvaiksəl) /

noun

the German name for the Vistula (def. 1)

British Dictionary definitions for weichsel (2 of 2)

Vistula
/ (ˈvɪstjʊlə) /

noun

a river in central and N Poland, rising in the Carpathian Mountains and flowing generally north and northwest past Warsaw and Torun, then northeast to enter the Baltic via an extensive delta region. Length: 1090 km (677 miles) Polish name: Wisla German name: Weichsel
Vistula Lagoon a shallow lagoon on the SW coast of the Baltic Sea, between Danzig and Kaliningrad, crossed by the border between Poland and Russia German name: Frisches Haff Polish name: Wislany Zalew Russian name: Vislinsky Zaliv