El·be ( l b , 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. |
Elbe [ɛlb (German) ˈɛlbə]
n
(Placename) a river in central Europe, rising in the N Czech Republic and flowing generally northwest through Germany to the North Sea at Hamburg. Length: 1165 km (724 miles) Czech name Labe
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| Noun | 1. |  Elbe - a river in central Europe that arises in northwestern Czechoslovakia and flows northward through Germany to empty into the North SeaEurope - 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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