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Neman.

A river in Eastern Europe, flowing through Belarus, Lithuania and Russia to the Baltic Sea.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈneɪmən/
  1. A river in Eastern Europe, flowing through Belarus, Lithuania and Russia to the Baltic Sea.

  2. A town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Russian Не́ман (Néman), from Middle Russian Немонъ (Nemon), from Old East Slavic Немънъ (Nemŭnŭ), from Old Lithuanian [Term?] (compare Lithuanian Nẽmunas) of uncertain origin, possibly from an Old Lithuanian word meaning "damp, wet" (Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“wet”), sharing Ancient Greek νοτερός (noterós)), or from nemti (“to become silent”), or from Finnic niemi (“cape”).

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