Vistula

[ vis-choo-luh ]

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.

Vistula

/ ˈvɪstjʊlə /

noun

1. 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) Polish nameWisla German nameWeichsel
2. Vistula Lagoon
   a shallow lagoon on the SW coast of the Baltic Sea, between Danzig and Kaliningrad, crossed by the border between Poland and Russia German nameFrisches Haff Polish nameWislany Zalew Russian nameVislinsky Zaliv

Example Sentences

In the later half of the campaign of 1806 he hopelessly failed to make any headway against the Russians east of the Vistula.

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The French troops crossed the Vistula at Warsaw, and encountered "the fifth element, mud."

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Bonaparte joined his great army on the Vistula, destined to invade Moscow.

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The Emperor proceeded at once to station the various corps along the Vistula, with provision and munition depots behind them.

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There was an effort late in February to drive the French left wing across the Vistula, but it failed.

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