Desna

[ duh-snah; Russian dyi-snah ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a river rising in the western Russian Federation flowing south to join the Dnieper River near Kyiv in Ukraine. About 500 miles (800 km) long.

The government is drained by the Dnieper, which forms its western boundary for 180 m., and by its tributary the Desna.

But when they came within a few leagues of the Desna, he made them acquainted with his real design.

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