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Moldau

British  
/ ˈmɔldau /

noun

  1. the German name for Moldavia

  2. the German name for the Vltava

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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

From the windows of his paneled office, wiry, weathered President Eduard Benes could look across the historic Moldau, beyond the towers and spires of the golden capital, toward the rolling, cherished "Czech lands."

From Time Magazine Archive

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

The best view of Prague and its people is from the long series of stone arches which span the Moldau.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 74, December, 1863 by Various