Pripet

American  

[prip-it, -et, pree-pet] / ˈprɪp ɪt, -ɛt, ˈpri pɛt /

noun

1. a river in northwest Ukraine and south Belarus, flowing east through the Pripet Marshes to the Dnieper River. 500 miles (800 km) long.

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Pripet British  

/ ˈpriːpɪt /

noun

1. Russian name: Pripyat.  a river in E Europe, rising in NW Ukraine and flowing northeast into Belarus across the Pripet Marshes (the largest swamp in Europe), then east into the Dnieper River. Length: about 800 km (500 miles)

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His father was a small timber merchant in the muddy village of Motol in the Pripet Marshes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Below the Pripet Marshes, the offensive went more slowly, because before it could roll, the formidable frontier fortress of Przemysl had to be stormed.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the pre-1939 map, Sarny lay deep within Poland's Pripet Marshes, 35 miles beyond the Russian frontier.

From Time Magazine Archive

A cloud of dust hid the battlefield north of the Pripet Marshes.

From Time Magazine Archive

From the Gulf to the Pripet River the eastern front was held by German troops with one single exception.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Churchill, Allen L. (Allen Leon)