Dvina

American  

[dvee-nuh, dvyi-nah] / ˈdvi nə, dvjɪˈnɑ /

noun

1. Latvian Daugava.  Also called Western Dvina.  a river rising in the Valdai Hills in the western Russian Federation, flowing west through Belarus and Latvia to the Baltic Sea at Riga. About 640 miles (1,030 km) long.

2. Also called Northern Dvina.  a river in the northern Russian Federation in Europe, flowing northwest into the White Sea. About 470 miles (750 km) long.

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Dvina British  

/ dviˈna /

noun

1. Russian name: Severnaya Dvina.  a river in NW Russia, formed by the confluence of the Sukhona and Yug Rivers and flowing northwest to Dvina Bay in the White Sea. Length: 750 km (466 miles)

2. Latvian name: Daugava.  Russian name: Zapadnaya Dvina.  a river rising in W Russia, in the Valdai Hills and flowing south and southwest then northwest to the Gulf of Riga. Length: 1021 km (634 miles)

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Dvina

One battalion moved more than 300 miles southeast along the Dvina River to help British troops in a failed lunge for Kotlas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2018

In March, a detachment of Royal Scots along the Dvina River ignored orders to travel through deep snow to burn a nearby village.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2018

The largest river entering the White Sea is the Northern Dvina.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 22, 2011

Latvia: A treaty is now under consideration giving Russia rights in the port of Riga and over the Latvian part of the River Dvina.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dvina, Northern, a Russian river formed by the union of two small streams in the government of Vologda.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various