DNIEPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dnieper mean? 

• DNIEPER (noun)
  The noun DNIEPER has 1 sense:

1. a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea

  Familiarity information: DNIEPER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DNIEPER (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Dnieper; Dnieper River

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)