Двина
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Russian
Etymology
Proto-Slavic *dvina from Proto-Indo-European *dʰweynā, from *dʰew- (“to flow”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Двина́ • (Dviná) f (genitive Двины́)
- Daugava (a river in Russia, Belarus and Latvia)
- Synonyms: За́падная Двина́ (Západnaja Dviná), Дауга́ва (Daugáva)
- Northern Dvina (a river in Russia)
- Synonym: Се́верная Двина́ (Sévernaja Dviná)
Declension
Declension of Двина́ (inan fem-form hard-stem accent-b)
References
- Pospelov, Yevgeny (1998) “Двина”, in Ageeva, Ruf, editor, Географические названия мира. Топологический словарь [Geographic Names of the World. Toponymic Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: ACT, Астрель, →ISBN