- Northern Dvina ⇒ a river in NW Russia, formed by the confluence of the Sukhona and Yug Rivers and flowing northwest to Dvina Bay in the White Sea. Length: 750 km (466 miles)Russian name: Severnaya Dvina
- Western Dvina ⇒ a river rising in W Russia, in the Valdai Hills and flowing south and southwest then northwest to the Gulf of Riga. Length: 1021 km (634 miles)Russian name: Zapadnaya Dvina /ˈzapədnəjə/ Latvian name: Daugava
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Dvi•na
(dvē′nə; Russ. dvyi nä′),USA pronunciation n.
- Place NamesAlso called Western Dvina. Latvian, Daugava. a river rising in the Valdai Hills in the W Russian Federation, flowing W through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Latvia to the Baltic Sea at Riga. ab. 640 mi. (1030) long.
- Place NamesAlso called Northern Dvina. a river in the N Russian Federation in Europe, flowing NW into the White Sea. ab. 470 mi. (750 km) long.
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Dvina /Russian: dviˈna/ n
'Dvina' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Archangel
- Berezina
- Daugava
- Daugavpils
- Dvina Bay
- dwindle
- Northern Dvina
- Riga
- Vitebsk
- Duna
- Severodvinsk