Danube

[dan-yoob]

noun

1. a river in central and SE Europe, flowing E from southern Germany to the Black Sea. 1,725 miles (2,775 km) long.

Danube

/ ˈdænjuːb /

noun

1. Czech name: Dunaj. Croatian and Serbian name: Dunav. Romanian name: Dunărea. Hungarian name: Duna. German name: Donau. a river in central and SE Europe, rising in the Black Forest in Germany and flowing to the Black Sea. Length: 2859 km (1776 miles)

Example Sentences

On Saturday, the party spilled out onto the streets, and occupied, in the scorching heat of summer, the Elizabeth Bridge and the river banks and downtown areas on both shores of the Danube.

From BBC

Later, as the contenders ascend the toy house staircase with strains of Johann Strauss II’s “The Blue Danube” playing in the background, they pass an artfully arranged mobile of corpses strung up by their wrists.

From Salon

Recipients might be inclined to immediately trash these messages, mistaking them for spam promoting the latest weight-loss drug or advertisements for an upcoming Danube River cruise.

From Los Angeles Times

The spaceship approaching the space station, floating, as if in an interstellar dance, to the strains of Strauss‘ “The Blue Danube Waltz,” remains the meme of film.

From Los Angeles Times

The dance is a festive favourite in Ukraine: Johann Strauss's Blue Danube Waltz, written in 1866 to lift the Austrian public's spirits following a war.

From BBC