Pripet
a river in NW Ukraine and S Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing E through the Pripet Marshes to the Dnieper River in NW Ukraine. 500 miles (800 km) long.
- Russian Pri·pyat [pryee-pyit]. /ˈpryi pyɪt/.
- Polish Pry·peć [pri-pech] /ˈprɪ pɛtʃ/ .
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How to use Pripet in a sentence
Meanwhile a dialogue is begun through the door in the most beautiful dialect ever spoken from the Pripet to Chertomelik.
Hania | Henryk SienkiewiczBesides the Dnieper the only navigable stream is its confluent the Pripet.
The German effort in the south, below the Pripet marshes, also slackened.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | VariousAlong the right bank of the Pripet River the land rises above the level of the water and is fairly thickly populated.
In the upper Pripet basin the woods were everywhere full of countless little channels which creep through a wilderness of sedge.
British Dictionary definitions for Pripet
/ (ˈpriːpɪt) /
a river in E Europe, rising in NW Ukraine and flowing northeast into Belarus across the Pripet Marshes (the largest swamp in Europe), then east into the Dnieper River. Length: about 800 km (500 miles): Russian name: Pripyat (ˈprɪpjətj)
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