Vistula

American  

[vis-choo-luh] / ˈvɪs tʃʊ lə /

noun

1. a river in Poland, flowing N from the Carpathian Mountains past Warsaw into the Baltic near Danzig. About 650 miles (1,050 km) long.

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Vistula British  

/ ˈvɪstjʊlə /

noun

1. German name: Weichsel.  Polish name: Wisla.  a river in central and N Poland, rising in the Carpathian Mountains and flowing generally north and northwest past Warsaw and Torun, then northeast to enter the Baltic via an extensive delta region. Length: 1090 km (677 miles)

2. German name: Frisches Haff.  Russian name: Vislinsky Zaliv.  Polish name: Wislany Zalew.  a shallow lagoon on the SW coast of the Baltic Sea, between Danzig and Kaliningrad, crossed by the border between Poland and Russia

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Example Sentences

The intensely cinematic documentary tells the story of a father's search for his teenage son, who vanished from a bridge over the Vistula River, Poland's longest water course.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

We live over the Vistula from the Legia stadium.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2023

Polish President Andrzej Duda, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and right-wing ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski plan to sail Saturday across the Vistula Spit to open the canal.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2022

The PGNiG Termika Zeran heat power station is seen across Vistula river in Warsaw, Poland August 19, 2015.

From Reuters • May 19, 2022

Five days after that first air-raid siren, we heard a rumor that there were guards on the bridges of the Vistula River.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson