Dresden was known as Florence on the Elbe.
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Elbe
//ˈɛlbə//
Synonyms for "elbe" (1 found)
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Translations
65 translations across 54 languages.
Amharic
1 entries- ኤልበ name (European river)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- Ἄλβιος name (European river)
- Ἄλβις name (European river)
Arabic
1 entries- إلبه name (European river)
Aragonese
1 entries- Elba name (European river)
Armenian
1 entries- Էլբա name (European river)
Bavarian German
1 entries- Elbe name (European river)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Ѐлба name (European river)
Catalan
1 entries- Elba name (European river)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 易北河 name (European river)
Corsican
1 entries- Elba name (European river)
Czech
1 entries- Labe name (European river)
Danish
1 entries- Elben name (European river)
Dutch
1 entries- Elbe name (European river)
Dutch Low Saxon
1 entries- Elve name (European river)
Esperanto
1 entries- Elbo name (European river)
Estonian
1 entries- Elbe name (European river)
Finnish
2 entries- Elbe name (European river)
- Elbejoki name (European river)
French
1 entries- Elbe name (European river)
Georgian
1 entries- ელბა name (European river)
German
2 entries- Elbe name (European river)
- Elbe name (European river)
Greek
1 entries- Έλβας name (European river)
Hungarian
1 entries- Elba name (European river)
Icelandic
1 entries- Saxelfur name (European river)
Italian
1 entries- Elba name (European river)
Japanese
2 entries- エルベ name (European river)
- エルベ川 name (European river)
Kashubian
1 entries- Łaba name (European river)
Korean
1 entries- 엘베 name (European river)
Latin
2 entries- Alba name (European river)
- Albis name (European river)
Lithuanian
1 entries- Elbė name (European river)
Low German
2 entries- Elv name (European river)
- Ilv name (European river)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- Łobjo name (European river)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Elbe name (European river)
Marathi
1 entries- एल्ब name (European river)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- Elben name (European river)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- Elbe name (European river)
Old English
1 entries- Ælf name (European river)
Old Norse
1 entries- Saxelfr name (European river)
Polabian
3 entries- Lave name (European river)
- Låbi name (European river)
- Låbü name (European river)
Polish
1 entries- Łaba name (European river)
Portuguese
1 entries- Elba name (European river)
Romanian
1 entries- Elba name (European river)
Russian
2 entries- Ла́ба name (European river)
- Э́льба name (European river)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- Laba name (European river)
- Лаба name (European river)
Silesian
1 entries- Łaba name (European river)
Slovak
1 entries- Labe name (European river)
Slovene
1 entries- Laba name (European river)
Spanish
1 entries- Elba name (European river)
Swedish
1 entries- Elbe name (European river)
Turkish
2 entries- Elbe name (European river)
- Elbe Nehri name (European river)
Ukrainian
1 entries- Ельба name (European river)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- Łobjo name (European river)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sông En-bơ name (European river)
West-Frisian
1 entries- Elbe name (European river)
Yiddish
1 entries- עלבע name (European river)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The Elbe Philharmonic Hall is a symbol of HafenCity, a new quarter of the German city Hamburg.
Source: tatoeba (2733121)
Rivers like the Rhine and the Elbe have soaked up so much heat that fish are beginning to suffocate.
Source: tatoeba (7043624)
Hamburg is on the Elbe.
Source: tatoeba (9974438)
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