Dniester

[nee-ster, dnyestr]

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

/ 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)

Example Sentences

Residents in this sliver of land have Moldovan passports and those who crossed the Dniester river to vote are seen as mainly pro-Moscow.

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There were queues at polling stations in Moscow, Italy and among voters from a mainly Russian-speaking breakaway region of Transnistria, who had to cross the River Dniester into Moldovan-controlled territory to vote.

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Transnistria, which has a population of about 470,000, is a thin strip of territory located between the eastern bank of the Dniester River and Moldova’s border with Ukraine.

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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.

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

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