Volga

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A very long river in Russia that flows into the Caspian Sea

proper noun

: Volga

Variations in the discharge from the Volga explain nearly 90 percent of the fluctuations in the Caspian's water level.
Volga River
Volga-Ural
Volga-Ural region

He tried to build a Russian fleet which could go down the Volga and towards the Black Sea.

Examples

The river, we call it Matuschka Volga, Mother Volga.

Fiction book (2001)
If they can cross the Volga, there's not much to stop them from driving straight to Kazan.

Fiction book (2001)
You remember that Volga night we spent on the river?

Sextette (1978)
I mean... that night we spent on the river Volga.

Sextette (1978)
As wide as the Black Sea, as long as the Volga.

Ilsa, the Tigress of Siberia (1977)
A city on the Volga... where the fate of the world is being decided: Stalingrad.

Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Stamps singled out Lake Baikal, the Aral Sea, and the Volga River as regions facing environmental disasters.

Academic text (2011)
Kazan's Zilantov Uspenskii Monastery charged fees based on the size of boats traveling along the Volga River near the town of Tetiushii.

Academic text (2007)
In folk songs, the River Volga is addressed as 'mat rodnaia' (birth-giving mother) or 'Volgamatushka' (Volga-dear mother) (Arutiunian 1992, 405).

Academic text (2000)
The best way to experience the Volga is aboard a Russian river cruise ship during the summer months.

Synonyms

Volga River

vsVolga

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A long river in Europe that flows through western Russia into the Caspian Sea

is the shorter name form without the common word for the watercourse

Compounds

Volga River

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A long river in Europe that flows through western Russia into the Caspian Sea

Surface Forms

Volga main

Etymology

Volga comes from an old Slavic word like vlaga, which means 'moisture' or 'wetness'. So the river's name simply points to water and the wet land along its long course.