Masculine
Danube
Meaning
Danube (a river in Europe; flowing 2850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania)
Synonyms
danau
Translations
Donau
Donau
Danubio
Danubio
Danubi
Δούναβης
Danúbio
Danubius
دانوب
Tuna nehriFrequency
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French Danube, from Old French Danube (att. since mid-12th c.), borrowed from Latin Dānubius, from Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos, an extended form of the river-name *Dānu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river goddess”), akin to *dʰenh₂- (“to set in motion; to flow”).
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