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DNIEPER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea
Synonyms:
Dnieper; Dnieper River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Dnieper" is a part of...):
Russia; Russian Federation (a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state)
Belarus; Belorussia; Byelarus; Byelorussia; Republic of Belarus; White Russia (a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet)
Ukraine; Ukrayina (a republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century)