Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river of Poland, about 1,050 km (650 mi) long, rising near the border of the Czech Republic and flowing in an arc northeast, northwest, and north to the Gulf of Gdańsk.
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- proper noun The
longest river inPoland , that flows into theBaltic Sea .
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- noun a European river; flows into the Baltic Sea
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Examples
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First, of course, a new timber bridge has to be flung across, and the Vistula is a good two hundred yards wide here and the river was high.
Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them Arthur Ruhl 1905
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The Vistula is the backbone of Poland, and, from its source in the
The Vultures Henry Seton Merriman 1882
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Soviet conquest was narrowly averted in a 1920 battle on the outskirts of Warsaw, now known as "the miracle on the Vistula".
Poland at a glance 2011
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A frightened, shivering dog was rescued after floating 75 miles on an ice floe down Poland's Vistula River and into the Baltic Sea, officials said Thursday.
Lance Mannion: 2010
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A frightened, shivering dog was rescued after floating 75 miles on an ice floe down Poland's Vistula River and into the Baltic Sea, officials said Thursday.
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A facile reasoning would be that Russia, unlike Soviet Union of yore, would have to start by massing her forces in Belorus, then to cross a number of major rivers, Nemen, Vistula, Oder and Elbe, race through Saxony and Thuringia, and only after that 1000 mile long obstacle course could enter Fulda gap.
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This floating platform on the Vistula River aims to empower citizens toward environmental clean-up, and apparently would work on any body of water with enough local bodies willing to pedal for their potables.
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Further north, in Warsaw, water levels on the Vistula river were expected to peak Friday.
Poland Flooding: 9 Dead As Warsaw Officials Continue To Fight Flood (PHOTOS) 2010
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In 1949 he moved to Canada, where he has published fifteen books in Yiddish, Hebrew, and English, including a novel, seven poetry collections, and the memoir Stepchild on the Vistula.
End credits: Who are these people? Johnny Pez 2010
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"Miracle of the Vistula," Pilsudski split the Bolshevik armies, forcing the Soviets to fall back and relinquish their Polish conquests.
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