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Dniester

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

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

“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

The top layer, fed by freshwater from rivers like the Danube, the Dniester and the Dnieper, teems with life.

From Washington Post • Jul. 29, 2022

It gets its name from the Dniester river, which divides it from the rest of Moldova.

From Reuters • Apr. 26, 2022

And one or another looked behind, beyond the Dniester, which glittered in the setting sun like a red and golden ribbon.

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

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