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Danube
- /ˈdænjuːb/
Where it comes from
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.
proper noun Danub
- A river in Europe; flowing 2,850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine, into the Black Sea.
- A town in Herkimer County, New York.
- A minor city in Renville County, Minnesota.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: danube river, duna, tisza, sava, danubian, vienna, rio, dune, river, donau, dunav, danubius, ister, dunaj, danubio, tuna
Translations
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name river of Europe that flows to the Black Sea
| Español | Danubio |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 다뉴브강 danyubeugang |
| 日本語 | ドナウ川 Donau-gawa |
| 中文 | 多瑙河 Duōnǎo hé |
| हिन्दी | डैन्यूब ḍainyūb |
| Português | Danúbio |
| Français | Danube |
| Deutsch | Donau |
| Italiano | Danubio |
| Ελληνικά | Δούναβης Doúnavis |
| Română | Dunăre, Danubiu, Istru |
| Русский | Дуна́й Dunáj |
| Tiếng Việt | sông Đa Nuýp, sông Danube, sông Donau, Đa Não Hà |
| العربية | دَانُوب dānūb |
| עברית | דנובה danuba |
Talk about this word "Danube." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/danube. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Danube. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/danube "Danube." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/danube.Cite this
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title = {Danube},
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