Niemen

[ nee-muhn; Polish nye-men ]

/ ˈni mən; Polish ˈnyɛ mɛn /

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noun

a river in the W Soviet Union in Europe, flowing into the Baltic: called Memel in its lower course. 565 miles (910 km) long.

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Lithuanian Nemunas. Russian Neman, Nyeman.

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How to use Niemen in a sentence

In the retreat across the Niemen he proved himself absolutely incapable of reorganising a beaten force.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Napoleon hummed the well-known air, "Marlbrook s'en va la guerre," when he crossed the Niemen to commence the Moscow campaign.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845|Various
At Tilsit on a raft in the river Niemen the two Emperors greet each other with a kiss.
Napoleon's Young Neighbor|Helen Leah Reed
The two emperors met on a raft in the middle of the Niemen at Tilsit, and there came to an understanding.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind|Herbert George Wells

Napoleon had crossed the river Niemen in June of this year with an invading army of 400,000 men.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)--Continental Europe I|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Niemen

Niemen

/ (ˈnjɛmɛn) /

noun

the Polish name for the Neman

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