- a river in NE Europe, rising in Russia, in the Valdai Hills NE of Smolensk and flowing south to the Black Sea: the third longest river in Europe; a major navigable waterway. Length: 2200 km (1370 miles)Russian name: Dnepr /ˈdnjɛpə/ Ukrainian name: Dnipro /ˈdnɪprə/
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Dnie•per
(nē′pər; Russ. dnyepr),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa river rising in the W Russian Federation flowing S through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Ukraine to the Black Sea. 1400 mi. (2250 km) long. Russian, Dnepr.
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Dnieper /ˈdniːpə/ n
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- Kremenchuk
- Kyiv
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- Pripet
- Smolensk
- Zaporizhzhia
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- Desna
- Dnepr
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- Genghis Khan
- Gomel
- hetman
- Kiev
- Kremenchug
- Mongol Empire
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- Zaporozhye