Dnieper (redirected from River Dnieper)

Dnie·per  (npr, dny-) or Dni·pro (npr, dny-)

A river rising near Smolensk in west-central Russia and flowing about 2,285 km (1,420 mi) southward through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It has been a major commercial waterway since the ninth century.

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Dnieper [ˈdniːpə]

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(Placename) a river in NE Europe, rising in Russia, in the Valdai Hills NE of Smolensk and flowing south to the Black Sea: the third longest river in Europe; a major navigable waterway. Length: 2200 km (1370 miles) Russian name Dnepr [ˈdnjɛpə]

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Dnieper - a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea Dnieper River Russian Federation, Russia - a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state Belarus, Belorussia, Byelarus, Byelorussia, Republic of Belarus, White Russia - a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet Ukraine, Ukrayina - a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century