Prut

American  

[proot] / prut /

noun

1. a river in E Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine along the boundary between Moldova and Romania into the Danube. 500 miles (800 km) long.

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Prut British  

/ prut /

noun

1. a river in E Europe, rising in SW Ukraine and flowing generally southeast, forming part of the border between Romania and Moldova, to join the River Danube. Length: 853 km (530 miles)

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Example Sentences

"Business on both banks of the Prut speaks the same language," Recean told a joint news conference with Cuica, referring to a river on the border between Romania and Moldova, and the countries' mutual use of Romanian.

From Reuters

"We will soon integrate our financial markets and Bucharest's capital market will be accessible to Chisinau. I call on entrepreneurs from both banks of the Prut to develop business and use all the economic potential."

From Reuters

But he feared they would push westward to the Prut River, on Moldova’s western border with Romania.

From New York Times

The governments also agreed to build a new bridge across the River Prut, on their common border, linking two towns that are both named Ungheni.

From Seattle Times

“Prut! We will make the time, and we fail not to find the sense. At efening I shall gif a little lesson with much gladness, for look you, Mees Marsch, I haf this debt to pay.”

From Literature