Danube

Meaning

1. A river in Europe; flowing 2850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania.
2. A locale in the United States, named for the river:
3. A locale in the United States, named for the river:

Synonyms

Danau

Danube River

bank

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Translations

Danube

Danubio

Donau

Donau

Danubio

Danubi

Δούναβης

Danúbio

Danubius

دانوب

Danuvius

Tuna nehri

Ister

Tuna

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdænjuːb/

Etymology

Cognate with Middle English: Danby

Cognate with Latin: fōns

Cognate with Persian: دنیدن

Cognate with Ossetic: дон

Cognate with Sanskrit: धन्वति

In summary

Attested since at least 1598 (also note Middle English Danby (“Danube”) att. in 15th c. Mandeville's Travels).
Borrowed from Middle French Danube, from Old French Danube, from Latin Dānubius, from Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos (compare Welsh river name Donwy), an extended form of the river-name *Dānu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river, river goddess”), akin to *dʰenh₂- (“to set in motion; to flow”).
Cognate with Latin fōns (“spring”), Persian دنیدن (danidan, “to hasten, run”), Ossetian дон (don, “water, river”), Sanskrit धन्वति (dhánvati, “it flows, runs”). More at Danube.