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Neckar

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Neck·ar  (nkr, -är)
A river of southwest Germany rising in the Black Forest and flowing about 337 km (228 mi) generally north and west to the Rhine River at Mannheim.

Neckar [ˈnɛkɑː]
n
(Placename) a river in SW Germany, rising in the Black Forest and flowing generally north into the Rhine at Mannheim. Length: 394 km (245 miles)
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Noun1.Neckar - a river in GermanyNeckar - a river in Germany; rises in the Black Forest and flows north into the Rhine
Deutschland, FRG, Germany, Federal Republic of Germany - a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990


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These ridges are chopped off at the mouth of the gorge and form two bold and conspicuous headlands, with Heidelberg nestling between them; from their bases spreads away the vast dim expanse of the Rhine valley, and into this expanse the Neckar goes wandering in shining curves and is presently lost to view.
Neckar computes the number of these patrols at upwards of twenty thousand.
It nestled in the valley along the pleasant Neckar with a comfortable friendliness.
 
 
 
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