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Moldau

British  
/ ˈmɔldau /

noun

  1. the German name for Moldavia

  2. the German name for the Vltava

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Scenes switch effortlessly from Prague, with its shadowy bridge looming over the Moldau, to a Brooklyn tenement, a busy office, a tony art gallery, and the roof of the Empire State Building.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 23, 2025

Englar became the first WSU men’s pole vault Pac-12 champion since Sander Moldau won the event in 2018.

From Seattle Times May 14, 2022

For two days, Drobny and his Czech doubles partner, Vladimir Cernik, discussed the advisability of telling the Communists in Prague to jump in the Moldau.

From Time Magazine Archive

W. Va. used to get a lump in his throat when he listened to Smetana's Moldau.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the morning we were ferried over the Moldau, and after journeying nearly all day across barren, elevated plains saw, late in the afternoon, the sixty-seven spires of Prague below.

From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 6 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Switzerland, part 2 by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

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