Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river of western Russia rising in the Valdai Hills northwest of Moscow and flowing about 3,700 km (2,300 mi) generally east and south to the Caspian Sea. It is the longest river of Europe and the main commercial waterway of Russia. The Volga is linked by canals and other rivers to the Baltic Sea.
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- proper noun The longest river in
Europe , flowing 2325 miles through westernRussia to theCaspian Sea . - proper noun an automobile brand manufactured by GAZ plant.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a Russian river; the longest river in Europe; flows into the Caspian Sea
Etymologies
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But more and more with means are choosing to travel at home, and the Volga is one of their favorite destinations.
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But more and more with means are choosing to travel at home, and the Volga is one of their favorite destinations.
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But more and more with means are choosing to travel at home, and the Volga is one of their favorite destinations.
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But more and more with means are choosing to travel at home, and the Volga is one of their favorite destinations.
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But more and more with means are choosing to travel at home, and the Volga is one of their favorite destinations.
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But more and more with means are choosing to travel at home, and the Volga is one of their favorite destinations.
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For a departure from Russian cuisine, try one of the many Central Asian lamb and noodle dishes at the Uzbek Russian restaurant Beloye Solntse (“White Sun”), a ten-minute taxi ride east along the Volga from the hotel.
The Travel Advisory 2006
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For a departure from Russian cuisine, try one of the many Central Asian lamb and noodle dishes at the Uzbek Russian restaurant Beloye Solntse (“White Sun”), a ten-minute taxi ride east along the Volga from the hotel.
The Travel Advisory 2006
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The Volga is a miserable steamer, with no place to sit in, and nothing to sit on but the benches by the dinner-table in the dismal saloon.
The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither Isabella Lucy 1883
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Huxley agrees that the name Volga evolved into Bulgaria.
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