Morava

American  

[maw-rah-vah] / ˈmɔ rɑ vɑ /

noun

1. German March.  a river in central Europe, flowing S from NE Czech Republic, along part of the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and Slovakia and Austria, into the Danube W of Bratislava. 240 miles (385 km) long.

2. a river in E Serbia, flowing N to the Danube. 134 miles (216 km) long.

3. Czech name of Moravia.

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Morava British  

/ məˈrɑːvə /

noun

1. German name: March.  a river in central Europe, rising in the Sudeten Mountains, in the Czech Republic, and flowing south through Slovakia to the Danube: forms part of the border between the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Austria. Length: 370 km (230 miles)

2. a river in E Serbia, formed by the confluence of the Southern Morava and the Western Morava near Stalac: flows north to the Danube. Length: 209 km (130 miles)

3. the Czech name for Moravia

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Example Sentences

Filip Svrcek cast his eye along the snow-covered banks of the River Morava, watching the grey-green mass flowing towards a weir and hydroelectric power station from the 1930s.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2022

Gales on the roads in Slovenia were strong enough to knock her off her bike and, when the snow began to melt, the raging Morava River separated her from Roz.

From Washington Post • Jun. 7, 2022

The Morava sailed completely around India, stocking more than 200 shoe stores which Bat'a working partners opened and staffed within recent years.

From Time Magazine Archive

The town stands at an elevation of 2,500 ft. on the western scarp of the Morava heights.

From Time Magazine Archive

Here Theudemir tarried for a space, sending on his son with a large and eager comitatus farther up the valley of the Morava.

From Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation by Hodgkin, Thomas