Oder
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- proper noun
- Economic failure east of the Oder-Neisse will produce waves of refugees moving westward, not columns of tanks.
- Oder river
- Oder-Neisse
- Oder-Neisse border
Examples
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Adam located Jumne at a point where an arm of the Oder River emptied into the Baltic.
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To many Germans, the areas east of the Oder and Neisse are still home, being places that formed their lives.
Academic text (1990) -
Today, the territories beyond the Oder and Neisse rivers have become home to Polish families of the second and third generations.
Academic text (1990) -
The Poles are now satisfied with arrangements for settling the Oder-Neisse border, and they look toward another treaty of general reconciliation and cooperation with Germany.
Academic text (1990) -
In the summer of 1997, the Bundeswehr had a similar chance for rehabilitation as it participated in disaster relief when the Oder River flooded in eastern Germany.
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MAP: The eleventh-century monk Adam of Bremen placed Vineta at a point where an arm of the Oder River met the Baltic.
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Germany thus relinquished claims to 114,549 square kilometers of prewar territory east of the Oder and Neisse rivers.
Academic text (1991) -
Today's political map shows a compact territory west of the Oder and Neisse rivers and the diamond wedge of Bohemia.
Academic text (1994) -
In phase 1 of the program's implementation, the needs of 29 priority hot spots will be addressed: 19 in the Vistula and Oder river basins and 10 in Russia, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
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Flooding continued in eastern Germany and Poland today along the Oder River border between the two countries.
Synonyms
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4.2
A large river in Central Europe that starts in the Czech Republic and flows through Poland to the Baltic Sea
Compounds
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4.2
A large river in Central Europe that starts in the Czech Republic and flows through Poland to the Baltic Sea
Surface Forms
Etymology
Oder comes from the old Slavic name Odra, which is the Polish name for the same river. That name is linked to old words meaning 'water' or 'flow', so it simply names the big river that flows through Poland and Germany to the Baltic Sea.