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.

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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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Example Sentences

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.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024

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

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

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

After they had passed the Dniester the Poles went on a diagonal, and down toward the Pruth.

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