Elbe
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- proper noun
- Of particular importance is the environmental quality of such major rivers as the Danube, Dnieper, Elbe, Oder, Po, Rhine, Vistula, and Volga.
- Elbe River
Examples
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And today the Rhine, the Rhone, the Elbe, the Thames have fish in them.
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In the picturesque city of Dresden, the Elbe River reflects the historic architecture along its banks.
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The large grain farms in the broad area east of the Elbe were hardest hit.
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As Frankfurt was occupied, British Second Army forces drove toward the Elbe.
Fiction book (1990) -
The anti-fascist alliance unraveled even as American and Soviet forces linked together on the Elbe.
Academic text (1996) -
Born in 1922, Noelting grew up in Hamburg along the banks of the Elbe River, his home mere steps from the water.
Blog text (18) -
The size of the houses and the arrangement of the living space are very similar to pit houses found east of the Elbe River and at Slavic enclaves in Denmark.
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Between 70 and 80 percent of the nitrogen (N) pollution in the Rhine and Elbe River Basins comes from diffuse sources.
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Hamburg owes much of its character to the juncture of the Elbe and Alster rivers, the artificial lake, and the gardens and parks at its center, and, of course, its thriving commercial harbor, Germany's largest.
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Both face the Brühl Terrace (Brühl-sche Terrasse) at the northeastern edge of Dresden's inner old city, overlooking the Elbe.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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A major river in central Europe that starts in the Czech Republic and flows north to the North Sea
Compounds
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A major river in central Europe that starts in the Czech Republic and flows north to the North Sea
Surface Forms
Etymology
Elbe probably comes from an old European river name like Latin Albis, from a root alb- meaning 'white' or simply 'river'. A helpful way to remember it is to picture bright, flowing water — that is why Elbe is the name of the big river in central Europe.