Morava

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  1. 1
    A left tributary of the Danube in Central Europe, flowing through Moravia in the Czech Republic on the border with Slovakia and then along the border of Austria.
  2. 2
    A river in central Serbia; in full, Great Morava.

Etymology

Related to Czech Moře, German March and Latin Marus, both deriving ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *móri (“sea, standing water”). The river was first documented as Maraha in an 892 deed.

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