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Danube
DAN-yoob
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A major river in Europe that runs about 2,850 kilometres from Germany through Central and Eastern Europe to the Black Sea.
"Vienna, Budapest, and Belgrade all sit on the banks of the Danube."
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Etymology
From Latin Dānubius, tracing back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "river" — the same root that gives Sanskrit and Old Russian words for flowing water.