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Elbe.

Elbe (a major river in central Europe that passes through the Czech Republic and Germany before flowing into the North Sea)

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name/ˈɛlbə/
  1. Elbe (a major river in central Europe that passes through the Czech Republic and Germany before flowing into the North Sea)

    definite · proper-noun · usually
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German Elbe, from Old High German Elba, from Proto-West Germanic *albī, from Proto-Germanic *albī (“river, Elbe”), attested in Latin as Albis. Compare Old Norse elfr, Swedish älv.

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