Dniester en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈniːstəɹ/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáHnu Proto-Iranian *dáHnu Proto-Scythian *dānu Proto-Sarmatian *δān Proto-Indo-European *sed-der. Proto-Indo-European *nesd- Proto-Indo-European *nésdyos Proto-Indo-Iranian *názdyas Proto-Iranian *názdyah Proto-Sarmatian *nazdi Proto-Sarmatian *Δānnazdibor.? ▲ Proto-Sarmatian *δān Ancient Greek Ἴστρος (Ístros) ? Proto-Slavic *Dъněstrъ Old East Slavic Дънѣстръ (Dŭněstrŭ) Russian Днестр (Dnestr)bor. ▲ Old East Slavic Дънѣстръ (Dŭněstrŭ) Old Ruthenian Днѣстръ (Dněstr) Ukrainian Дністер (Dnister)bor. English Dniester Borrowed from Russian Днестр (Dnestr) and/or Ukrainian Дністер (Dnister). The first element is from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river”), found in several other river names such as Danube and Донец (Donec); more at Danube.
Meanings
- A major river in Eastern Europe, flowing south through Ukraine and Moldova to the Black Sea.
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A raion of Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine, established in July 2020. Administrative centre: Kelmentsi.
5. Chernivtsi Oblast, Dniester Raion, the village of Kelmentsi, Kelmentsi Municipality.
p. 2021 April, Gulbarshyn Chepurko, Lidiya Hladchenko, Iryna Nahorna, Oksana Pysana, translated by Tetyana Dytyna, Brief overview of the analytical report: Research into the local self-government bodies overcoming the challenges posed by COVID-19 in providing educational services in the municipalities, U-LEAD with Europe, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2025, “Good examples of ensuring access to education in the municipality during COVID-19 restrictions” (pages 19–21), title of section 5, page 21:In Bukovyna, the religious community of the village of Ivanivtsi, Dniester raion, decided to transfer from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
2023 June 28th, “Operational information from the regions of the Active Community network 06/27/2023”, in NGO “Ukrainian Code”, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2023, Western Oblasts: Chernivtsi Oblast:
Meronyms
Vashkivtsi (constituent hromady of the raion) · Livyntsi (constituent hromady of the raion) · Rukshyn (constituent hromady of the raion) · Kelmentsi (constituent hromady of the raion) · Khotyn (constituent hromady of the raion) · Novodnistrovsk (constituent hromady of the raion) · Mamalyha (constituent hromady of the raion) · Sokyriany (constituent hromady of the raion) · Nedoboivtsi (constituent hromady of the raion) · Klishkivtsi (constituent hromady of the raion)
Relateds
Podniprovya · Dnieper · Transnistria
Synonyms
Translations (28)
hi नीस्टर (river in Europe) · ka დნესტრი (river in Europe) · ru Днестр (river in Europe) · nog Тарку (river in Europe) · uk Дністро́вщина (raion of Chernivtsi, Ukraine) · el Δνείστερος (river in Europe) · eo Dnestro (river in Europe) · hu Dnyeszter (river in Europe) · uk Дністе́р (river in Europe) · tr Dinyester (river in Europe) · la Tyras (river in Europe) · mk Днестар (river in Europe) · hy Դնեստր (river in Europe) · cs Dněstr (river in Europe) · fr Dniestr (river in Europe) · tr Özi (river in Europe) · pl Dniestr (river in Europe) · nog Таркув (river in Europe) · yi נעסטער (river in Europe) · be Днестр (river in Europe) · ro Nistru (river in Europe) · tr Turla (river in Europe) · la Danaster (river in Europe) · ga An Dnístir (river in Europe) · de Dnister (river in Europe) · grc Τύρας (river in Europe) · be Дне́стар (river in Europe) · uk Дністро́вський райо́н (raion of Chernivtsi, Ukraine)