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Sava

American  
[sah-vah] / ˈsɑ vɑ /
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noun

  1. a river flowing east from western Slovenia, through Croatia to the Danube at Belgrade, Serbia. 450 miles (725 km) long.


Sava British  
/ sɑːv, ˈsɑːvə /

noun

  1. a river in SE Europe, rising in NW Slovenia and flowing east and south to the Danube at Belgrade. Length: 940 km (584 miles)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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More than two decades later, the franchise returns with The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen, with Lennon starring as Brooklyn alongside fellow young leads Leah Sava Jeffries, Carmen Sanchez and Kaileen Chang.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

In the Diana and Sava regions in the north, bridges and roads were washed away and houses and rice fields were submerged.

From Seattle Times Mar. 29, 2024

In 2013, I filmed traditional slava celebrations at the school, a joyous occasion paying tribute to St Sava through song, dance and drama.

From BBC May 6, 2023

The blocked motorway leads to one of the bridges over the Sava river connecting two parts of the city.

From Seattle Times Jun. 22, 2022

The two people are bound to each other by the great Serbian, Saint Sava, who strove to join them and who died at Trnovo in Bulgaria.

From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 by Baerlein, Henry

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