Сухона
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Russian
Etymology
Probably from Old East Slavic *Суходъна (*Suxodŭna, literally “a river with a dry (hard) bottom”). See сухо́й (suxój) and дно (dno).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Су́хона • (Súxona) f inan (genitive Су́хоны)
- Sukhona (a tributary of the Northern Dvina River in Vologda Oblast, Russia)
Declension
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Сухона”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка (in Russian), Moscow: Progress