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Dniester

American  
[nee-ster, dnyestr] / ˈni stər, dnjɛstr /

noun

  1. a river in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains to the Black Sea. About 875 miles (1,410 km) long.


Dniester British  
/ ˈdniːstə /

noun

  1. Romanian name: Nistru.  Russian name: Dnestr.  a river in E Europe, rising in Ukraine, in the Carpathian Mountains and flowing generally southeast to the Black Sea. Length: 1411 km (877 miles)

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The call for Russian protection by Transnistria, a self-declared but internationally unrecognized microstate on the eastern bank of the Dniester River, escalated tensions that date to the collapse of the Soviet Union.

From New York Times Feb. 28, 2024

One video shows a man swimming across the Dniester River towards Moldova, with Moldovan border guards urging him across to safety.

From BBC Nov. 16, 2023

Its priorities include the completion the Dniester Pumped Storage Power Station in western Ukraine, construction of a similar station on the Dnipro river, and construction of a new hydropower plant near Kherson in southern Ukraine.

From Reuters Mar. 27, 2023

“This contract is a reasonable compromise to provide citizens on both sides of the Dniester River with electricity and gas.”

From Seattle Times Dec. 3, 2022

She feared vampires especially; belief in them was spread particularly in the Dniester country by reason of nearness to Moldavia, and just the places around Yampol and Rashkoff were ill-famed in that regard.

From Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

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