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Danube River (river) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 45 20 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 45.3330 decimal degrees |
Long: 029 40 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 29.6660 decimal degrees |
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Note: A major European river, flowing 1,770 miles from Germany to the Black Sea, it has been an important route for settlement, invasion and trade for millennia. The surrounding valley was home to Illyrians, Thracians, Cimmerians, and Celts, and the river was vital to succeeding cultures as well. |
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Danube (preferred,C,O,English,U,N)
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Danube River (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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Donau (C,V,German-P,U,N)
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Donau (French-P,U,N)
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Duna (C,V)
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Dunărea (C,V)
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Dunaj (C,V)
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Dunav (C,V)
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Dunai (C,V)
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Donau, fleuve (C,O,French,U,N)
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Danubian (C,O)
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Danubius (H,V)
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............ | ancient name |
Hister (H,V)
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Istros (H,V)
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Istrus (H,V)
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