Vardar

American  

[vahr-dahr] / ˈvɑr dɑr /

noun

1. a river in S Europe, flowing from NW Macedonia through N Greece into the Gulf of Salonika. 200 miles (322 km) long.

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Vardar British  

/ ˈvardar /

noun

1. a river in S Europe, rising in W Macedonia and flowing northeast, then south past Skopje into Greece, where it is called the Axios and enters the Aegean at Thessaloníki. Length: about 320 km (200 miles)

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Example Sentences

That is when Delevski, who had left Vardar to live as a foreign exchange student in the United States, changed the path of Andonovski’s career.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2021

Andonovski spent 10 years in the Vardar academy.

From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2021

Fortunately, the sights on the other side of the Vardar River, which divides the city, are more authentic.

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2016

Photograph: Katherine Rose for the Observer Vardar, the 25-year-old intern, mans the bar, selling cans of Red Stripe and measures of rum.

From The Guardian • Nov. 25, 2012

Meanwhile the Servian and Greek forces were fighting the Bulgarians hard at Kilkis, Doiran, and other points between the Vardar and the Struma.

From The Balkan Wars: 1912-1913 Third Edition by Schurman, Jacob Gould