Dunav

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *Dunavь, from Gothic *𐌳𐍉𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹 (*dōnawi), from Proto-Germanic *Dōnawjaz, from Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos (whence also Latin Danubius), an extended form of the river-name *Dānu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river goddess”), akin to *dʰenh₂- (“to set in motion; to flow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dǔnaʋ/
• Hyphenation: Du‧nav

Proper noun

Dùnav m inan (Cyrillic spelling Ду̀нав)

1. (uncountable) Danube (a river in Europe; flowing 2,850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine, into the Black Sea)

Declension

Declension of Dunav

	singular
nominative	Dunav
genitive	Dunava
dative	Dunavu
accusative	Dunav
vocative	Dunave
locative	Dunavu
instrumental	Dunavom

Anagrams

• duvan