Volga

American  

[vol-guh, vohl-, vawl-guh] / ˈvɒl gə, ˈvoʊl-, ˈvɔl gə /

noun

1. a river flowing from the Valdai Hills in the W Russian Federation E and then S to the Caspian Sea: the longest river in Europe. 2,325 miles (3,745 km).

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Volga British  

/ ˈvɒlɡə /

noun

1. a river in W Russia, rising in the Valdai Range and flowing through a chain of small lakes to the Rybinsk Reservoir and south to the Caspian Sea through Volgograd: the longest river in Europe. Length: 3690 km (2293 miles)

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Other Word Forms

• trans-Volga adjective

Example Sentences

To take his journey, Mr. Mian pretended to be not a journalist but a scholar writing a history of the Volga.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

At a business expo recently in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin was shown the brand new version of a classic Russian brand, the Volga.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2024

The man was identified by facial recognition software as 33-year-old Sergei Shirshov, a native of the Volga River city of Saratov.

From Reuters • Jun. 28, 2023

I would guess the independence movements along the Volga and in the North Caucasus are watching Moscow’s weakness very carefully now.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2023

Well, one does not drive a Volga and a Benz in the same manner.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini