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Dniester

The Dniester ( NEE-st??r) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and then through Moldova (from which it more or less separates the breakaway territory of Transnistria), finally discharging into the Black Sea on Ukrainian territory again. Names The name Dniester derives from Sarmatian d??nu nazdya "the close river." (The Dnieper, also of Sarmatian origin, derives from the opposite meaning, "the river on the far side".) Alternatively, according to Vasily Abaev Dniester would be a blend of Scythian d??nu "river" and Thracian Ister, the previous name of the river, literally D??n-Ister (River Ister). The Ancient Greek name of Dniester, Tyras (??????????), is from Scythian t??ra, meaning "rapid." The names of the Don and Danube are also from the same Indo-Iranian...

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