Siret

American

[si-ret] / sɪˈrɛt /

noun

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 British

/ sɪˈrɛt /

noun

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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They met BBC Population reporter Stephanie Hegarty in the border town of Siret as they waited anxiously for news.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2022

In Romania, at the Siret border crossing with Ukraine, women with babies, toddlers and older children continued to arrive, while Romanian firefighters and volunteers welcomed them and carried their luggage to buses transporting them onwards.

From Reuters • Mar. 17, 2022

At the border in Siret, volunteers rushed up to Ukrainian families trudging up the road with offers of cups of hot tea and €5 cellphone SIM cards.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2022

At Romania’s Siret border after a five-day car journey from the bombed historical city of Chernihiv, 44-year-old Iryna Pypypenko waited inside a tent with her two children, sheltering from the cold.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 11, 2022

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

From The Bronze Age in Ireland by Coffey, George

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