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Danube

/ˈdænjuːb/

Danube proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

Danube

  1. 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.
  2. A town in Herkimer County, New York.
  3. A minor city in Renville County, Minnesota.

Danube meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Tagalog

Danube in Hindi

river of Europe that flows to the Black Sea
डैन्यूब ḍainyūb

Danube in Marathi

river of Europe that flows to the Black Sea
डॅन्यूब ḍĕnyūb

Danube in Urdu

river of Europe that flows to the Black Sea
ڈینیوب ḍēn'yūb

Danube in Tagalog

river of Europe that flows to the Black Sea
Danubyo
More languagesFewer languages
Danube in Arabic
دَانُوب dānūb
Danube in Indonesian
Donau
Danube in Persian
دانوب dânub
Danube in Thai
แม่น้ำดานูบ mɛ̂ɛ-náam daa-nûup
Danube in Vietnamese
sông Đa Nuýp, sông Danube, sông Donau, Đa Não Hà

Forms of Danube

alternative form (obsolete)Danub

Origin of Danube

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.

Words formed from Danube

Phrases with Danube

Questions about Danube

What does Danube mean?
Danube means 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.
What is Danube in Hindi?
Danube in Hindi is डैन्यूब (ḍainyūb). See Danube meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Danube?
Danube is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Danube?
Danube is pronounced /ˈdænjuːb/.

Words near Danube in the dictionary

  1. Dantzler
  2. Dantzlers
  3. Danu
  4. Danub
  5. Danuban
  6. Danube
  7. Danube bleak
  8. Danube bleaks
  9. Danube catfish
  10. Danube salmon
  11. Danube sturgeon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Danube (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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