dvina

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Dvi⋅na

[dvee-nuh; Russ. dvyi-nah]

–noun

1.	Also called Western Dvina. Latvian, Daugava. a river rising in the Valdai Hills in the W Russian Federation, flowing W through Byelorussia (Belarus) and Latvia to the Baltic Sea at Riga. ab. 640 mi. (1030) long.

2.	Also called Northern Dvina. a river in the N Russian Federation in Europe, flowing NW into the White Sea. ab. 470 mi. (750 km) long.

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Dvi·na (dvē-nä')

also Northern Dvina A river, about 748 km (465 mi) long, of northwest Russia flowing northwest into Dvina Bay, an arm of the White Sea.
also Western Dvina A river, about 1,022 km (635 mi) long, rising in western Russia and flowing southwest and northwest through Belarus and Latvia to the Gulf of Riga.

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