Dvina

[ dvee-nuh; Russian dvyi-nah ]

noun

1. Also called Western Dvina. Latvian Daugava. a river rising in the Valdai Hills in the western Russian Federation, flowing west through Belarus and Latvia to the Baltic Sea at Riga. About 640 miles (1,030 km) long.
2. Also called Northern Dvina. a river in the northern Russian Federation in Europe, flowing northwest into the White Sea. About 470 miles (750 km) long.

Dvina

/ dviˈna /

noun

1. Northern Dvina
   a river in NW Russia, formed by the confluence of the Sukhona and Yug Rivers and flowing northwest to Dvina Bay in the White Sea. Length: 750 km (466 miles) Russian nameSevernaya Dvina
2. Western Dvina
   a river rising in W Russia, in the Valdai Hills and flowing south and southwest then northwest to the Gulf of Riga. Length: 1021 km (634 miles) Russian nameZapadnaya Dvinaˈzapədnəjə Latvian nameDaugava

Example Sentences

Orders were given to use a new weapon, an S-75 Dvina surface-to-air missile, or SAM.

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On 28th August von Buelow began his great attack on the line of the Dvina.

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A railroad bridge across the Dvina, while open to the military, could be used by the people only by individual permission.

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The Dvina River swallowed the Polota many times a day, yet the lesser stream flooded the universe on one occasion.

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Many a time she fell on the ice, as she climbed the steep bank on the far side of the Dvina, a heavy basket on each arm.

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American troops defeat bolshevik forces at Fulka, on the river Dvina.

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