Vis·tu·la (v s ch -l, -ch -) A river of Poland, about 1,091 km (678 mi) long, rising near the border of the Czech Republic and flowing in an arc northeast, northwest, and north to the Gulf of Gda  sk. |
Vistula [ˈvɪstjʊlə]
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1. (Placename) 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
2. (Placename) 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
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| Noun | 1. |  Vistula - a European river; flows into the Baltic SeaPoland, Polska, Republic of Poland - a republic in central Europe; the invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939 started World War II |
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