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Drin

American  
[dreen] / drin /

noun

  1. a river in S Europe, flowing generally NW from SW Macedonia through N Albania into the Adriatic. 180 miles (290 km) long.


Drin British  
/ drɪn /

noun

  1. a river in S Europe, rising in SW Macedonia and flowing north and west, through Albania, into the Adriatic Sea. Length: about 270 km (170 miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The three lakes shared with Yugoslavia and Greece, as well as all the streams that flow into them, drain into the Drin River.

From Area Handbook for Albania by Sarah Jane Elpern

The Austrians, meantime, crossed the Drin and came east from Bosnia.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers by Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill

Telephones and roads will be built and eventually the railway along the Drin.

From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 by Henry Baerlein

In the north, from the Drin River to the vicinity of Elbasan, it constitutes an area about twenty miles wide.

From Area Handbook for Albania by Sarah Jane Elpern

On October 6, after a treacherous artillery preparation, the two armies began to cross at various points the Danube, the Save and the Drin.

From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 by Henry Baerlein

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