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Siret

[ si-ret ]

noun

  1. a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.


Siret

/ sɪˈrɛt /

noun

  1. a river in SE Europe, rising in Ukraine and flowing southeast through E Romania to the Danube. Length: about 450 km (280 miles)


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At Siret, a normally sleepy border crossing flanked by fields of wheat and potatoes, many arrivals were not Ukrainian citizens but bewildered foreign nationals caught up in the crisis.

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Siret considers that they were merely groups of people from Asia—probably the Syrian coast—who 96 were in contact with Egypt.

In the 98 latter area, as Siret has proved, the Easterners worked silver-bearing lead and copper.

Siret shows that the ancient name of the Tiber was Rumon, which was derived from the root signifying milk.

Siret shows that the symbolic markings on typical stone monuments are identical with those of the tree cult.

Copper halberds, with remains of transverse wooden shafts, have been found by the brothers Siret on the south-east of Spain.

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