Siret

American

[si-ret] / sɪˈrɛt /

noun

a river in SE Europe, flowing SE from the Carpathian Mountains in Ukraine, through E Romania to the Danube. 270 miles (435 km) long.

Siret British

/ sɪˈrɛt /

noun

a river in SE Europe, rising in Ukraine and flowing southeast through E Romania to the Danube. Length: about 450 km (280 miles)

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They met BBC Population reporter Stephanie Hegarty in the border town of Siret as they waited anxiously for news.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2022

At Siret, a Romanian border crossing with Ukraine, refugees continued to come through, by foot, by car or by bus, but in fewer numbers than they did in the weeks previously.

From Reuters ● Mar. 23, 2022

They also have a permanent presence at the Siret border and adjacent train station including priests and monks who speak Ukrainian or Russian, offering food and help.

From Reuters ● Mar. 16, 2022

“I don’t consider myself a refugee,” Evgeniy Serheev, a lawyer, said through a translator as he waited to cross into the northeastern Romanian town of Siret.

From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2022

In South-East Spain the brothers Siret have found corridor-tombs in which the chamber is cut in the rock surface and roofed with slabs; the entrance passage becomes a slope or a staircase.

From Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders by T. Eric (Thomas Eric) Peet

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