Sava

[ sah-vah ]

noun

1. a river flowing east from western Slovenia, through Croatia to the Danube at Belgrade, Serbia. 450 miles (725 km) long.

Sava

/ sɑːv; ˈsɑːvə /

noun

1. a river in SE Europe, rising in NW Slovenia and flowing east and south to the Danube at Belgrade. Length: 940 km (584 miles)

Example Sentences

Waking up that morning at her home in Kvar Sava, 25 minutes from Tel Aviv, she was shaken to her core and began to contemplate her mortality: “I became very emotional, and I started thinking, ‘What happens if I die tomorrow?

From Los Angeles Times

In the Diana and Sava regions in the north, bridges and roads were washed away and houses and rice fields were submerged.

From Seattle Times

Orthodox believers in Serbia marked the day by burning oak branches at services outside churches and temples, including hundreds who gathered at the St. Sava Temple — the biggest Orthodox church in the Balkans.

From Seattle Times

To explore the population history of the Balkans and examine the influence of the rise and fall of the Roman empire, the researchers extracted DNA from 136 ancient individuals excavated from 20 different sites across the Balkans -- defined as the region bounded by the Adriatic, Central Mediterranean, and Aegean Seas and the Middle and Lower Danube and Sava Rivers.

From Science Daily

Flash floods were also reported in neighboring Austria and Croatia and heavy rains and storms caused major damage farther east in Serbia, which is downstream on the swollen Sava River that flows from Slovenia and Croatia over the Balkans.

From Washington Times