多瑙河

Mandarin · pinyin Duō nǎo Hé

Meanings

  1. Danube
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多
duō · much, many; more than, over
瑙
nǎo · agate; cornelian
河
hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
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1–3–2 · Duo1 nao3 He2

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do1 nou5 ho4

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  1. 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)

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