Dnieper

American  

[nee-per, dnyepr] / ˈni pər, dnjɛpr /

noun

1. a river rising in the western Russian Federation flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. 1,400 miles (2,250 km) long.

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Dnieper British  

/ ˈdniːpə /

noun

1. Russian name: Dnepr.  a river in NE Europe, rising in Russia, in the Valdai Hills NE of Smolensk and flowing south to the Black Sea: the third longest river in Europe; a major navigable waterway. Length: 2200 km (1370 miles)

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Dnieper

The metro no longer crosses the Dnieper River, which divides the capital in two, causing traffic chaos.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

Located near the city of Enerhodar along the Dnieper River, the nuclear plant is close to the front line.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2025

A dam breach could not only disrupt supplies to the nuclear plant but would potentially cause severe flooding similar to what occurred last year when a major dam at Kakhovka further down the Dnieper collapsed.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2024

As water drained from the dam and flooded a 50-mile stretch of the Dnieper, Ukrainian territory along the western banks was swallowed up wholesale—farms, gas stations, land mines, armories, factories, houses, railroad tracks, forests.

From Slate ● Jun. 13, 2023

Anya could see out of the city, out to the Dnieper and the forest, both tinted orange in the setting sun’s light.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack