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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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Siret

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

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2022

They also have a permanent presence at the Siret border and adjacent train station including priests and monks who speak Ukrainian or Russian, offering food and help.

From Reuters ● Mar. 16, 2022

“I don’t consider myself a refugee,” Evgeniy Serheev, a lawyer, said through a translator as he waited to cross into the northeastern Romanian town of Siret.

From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2022

At the Siret border crossing, refugees continued to cross from Ukraine on foot and by car, most carrying backpacks and dragging suitcases.

From Reuters ● Mar. 9, 2022

In South-East Spain the brothers Siret have found corridor-tombs in which the chamber is cut in the rock surface and roofed with slabs; the entrance passage becomes a slope or a staircase.

From Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders by T. Eric (Thomas Eric) Peet

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