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Elbe

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El·be  (lb, lb)
A river of the Czech Republic and Germany flowing about 1,167 km (725 mi) to the North Sea. It has been a major waterway since Roman times.
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Noun1.ElbeElbe - a river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North Sea
Elbe River
Europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles


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We then set sail from Archangel the 20th of August, the same year; and, after no extraordinary bad voyage, arrived safe in the Elbe the 18th of September.
The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Defoe, Daniel View in context
Lawrence, the Mississippi, the Amazon, the Plata, the Orinoco, the Niger, the Senegal, the Elbe, the Loire, and the Rhine, which carry water from the most civilised, as well as from the most savage, countries
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
If we found no civilization there we would return to the North Sea, continue up the coast to the Elbe, and follow that river and the canals of Berlin.
The Lost Continent by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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