Vistula

American  

[vis-choo-luh] / ˈvɪs tʃʊ lə /

noun

1. a river in Poland, flowing N from the Carpathian Mountains past Warsaw into the Baltic near Danzig. About 650 miles (1,050 km) long.

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Vistula British  

/ ˈvɪstjʊlə /

noun

1. German name: Weichsel.  Polish name: Wisla.  a river in central and N Poland, rising in the Carpathian Mountains and flowing generally north and northwest past Warsaw and Torun, then northeast to enter the Baltic via an extensive delta region. Length: 1090 km (677 miles)

2. German name: Frisches Haff.  Russian name: Vislinsky Zaliv.  Polish name: Wislany Zalew.  a shallow lagoon on the SW coast of the Baltic Sea, between Danzig and Kaliningrad, crossed by the border between Poland and Russia

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Example Sentences

The intensely cinematic documentary tells the story of a father's search for his teenage son, who vanished from a bridge over the Vistula River, Poland's longest water course.

From Barron's

Until the warheads were taken back to Russia in 1990 as the Soviet Union unraveled, they were part of the Vistula Program, a top-secret deployment of nuclear weapons in Poland that began in the 1960s.

From New York Times

Greenpeace Poland also warned that the situation may reoccur this year and also hit Poland’s largest river, the Vistula, if the government and the coalmining industry don’t take immediate steps to counter the problem.

From Seattle Times

He flew to Poland with his son and a portable folding kayak to navigate the Vistula River and meet with anti-government leaders undetected.

From New York Times

A skyline of skyscrapers is reflected in the Vistula river in the evening in Warsaw, Poland August 22, 2022.

From Reuters