Dnieper

[ nee-per; Russian dnyepr ]

noun

1. a river rising in the western Russian Federation flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. 1,400 miles (2,250 km) long.

Dnieper

/ ˈdniːpə /

noun

1. a river in NE Europe, rising in Russia, in the Valdai Hills NE of Smolensk and flowing south to the Black Sea: the third longest river in Europe; a major navigable waterway. Length: 2200 km (1370 miles) Russian nameDneprˈdnjɛpə

Example Sentences

Now as we mentioned earlier, most of these Cossacks were composed of the disfranchised Ukrainians and runaway serfs, originally under Polish rule, who made their way to the southern parts of the Dnieper.

From Realm of History

As for the nature of the Zaporozhian Sich Cossacks, in many ways, the Dnieper host resembled their Don counterparts, especially when it came to the relatively equitable status of the members – who proudly perceived themselves as free men.

From Realm of History

Sviatoslaf and his men were attacked near the Cataracts of the Dnieper; he was killed, but most of his men escaped.

From Project Gutenberg

Russia surrendered all the conquests, except a small tongue of land between the Dnieper and the Bug.

From Project Gutenberg

Dnieper turned into a river, and flowed through fertile meadows and dreamy woods.

From Project Gutenberg

The Vulture told Dnieper of this, and he put on extra speed, tearing his way through high hills rather than turn on one side.

From Project Gutenberg

No sooner was Dnieper asleep than they rose up quietly, chose the best and most sloping places, and began to flow away.

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