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Sava

American  
[sah-vah] / ˈsɑ vɑ /
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noun

  1. a river flowing east from western Slovenia, through Croatia to the Danube at Belgrade, Serbia. 450 miles (725 km) long.


Sava British  
/ sɑːv, ˈsɑːvə /

noun

  1. a river in SE Europe, rising in NW Slovenia and flowing east and south to the Danube at Belgrade. Length: 940 km (584 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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In Serbia, the levels are also very low on the Sava and Tisa, which are both tributaries of the Danube.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

"Melania" appeared on the banks of the River Sava in July 2020, four months before her human inspiration left the White House.

From BBC May 16, 2025

St. Sava Orthodox Church of Issaquah interned legendary 1990s skateboarder Jed Walters on Jan. 25 in the Serbian cemetery.

From Seattle Times Mar. 31, 2023

The blocked motorway leads to one of the bridges over the Sava river connecting two parts of the city.

From Seattle Times Jun. 22, 2022

The belief of our kings was the same belief which Saint Sava preached, their hopes were his hopes.

From Serbia in Light and Darkness With Preface by the Archbishop of Canterbury, (1916) by Nikolai Velimirović

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