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DANAU
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The 2nd longest European river (after the Volga); flows from southwestern Germany to the Black Sea
Example:
Vienna, Budapest, and Belgrade are on the banks of the Danube
Synonyms:
Danau; Danube; Danube River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Danau" is a part of...):
Bulgaria; Republic of Bulgaria (a republic in the eastern part of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe)
Czechoslovakia (a former republic in central Europe; divided into Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993)
Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)
Romania; Roumania; Rumania (a republic in southeastern Europe with a short coastline on the Black Sea)
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; Jugoslavija; Serbia and Montenegro; Union of Serbia and Montenegro; Yugoslavia (a mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea; formed from two of the six republics that made up Yugoslavia until 1992; Serbia and Montenegro were known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia until 2003 when they adopted the name of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro)
Austria; Oesterreich; Republic of Austria (a mountainous republic in central Europe; under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century)
Hungary; Magyarorszag; Republic of Hungary (a republic in central Europe)
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)
