Dnestr

[ dnyestr ]

noun

1. the Russian name of Dniester.

Example Sentences

Over the Dnestr bridge and down from Galicia, the Red Army poured on schedule.It moved so fast that it soon caught up with retreating Rumanian soldiers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Priests gave anti-tank prayers hoping to prevent Russian tanks from crossing the Dnestr River where the Poles blew up the bridge.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then border clashes were reported all along the Dnestr River.

From Time Magazine Archive

The modern Dnestr flows into the Black Sea about fifty miles south of Odessa; near its mouth is the city of Ovidiopol.

From Project Gutenberg