Danube
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Etymology [edit]
Latin Dānubius, from Proto-Celtic *Danuvios (compare Welsh river name Donwy), from Pre-Celtic *Dāne/ou̯i̯os, from Proto-Indo-European *dhen- (“run, flow”); akin to Latin fōns (“spring”), Persian دنیدن (danīdan, “to hasten, run”), Ossetian дон (don, “water”), Sanskrit धन्वति (dhanvati, “it flows, runs”).
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Danube
- (geography) A river of Europe, which arises in Germany, and flows 2850 km (1775 miles) to the Black Sea in Romania.
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river of Europe that flows to the Black Sea
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