Дністер

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From Old East Slavic Дънѣстръ (Dŭněstrŭ), ultimately (compare Byzantine Greek Δάναστρις (Dánastris) and Late Latin Danaster) from Old Ossetic (Sarmatian) *dānu nazdya "the close river" (the Dniepr being the far one). The first element is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰánwati << *dʰénh₂- ~ dʰn̥h₂-u- << Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- (to flow), found in several other river names such as Danube and Донец (Donec); more at Danube.

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Дністе́р (Dnistérm inan (genitive Дністра́, uncountable, relational adjective дністро́вський)

  1. A river in Eastern Europe, flowing through Ukraine and Moldova to the Black Sea.

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