Tisza

[ Hungarian ti-so ]

noun
  1. a river in S central Europe, rising in the Ukraine and flowing from the Carpathian Mountains along the Romanian border into E Hungary, Slovakia, and Serbia, where it joins the Danube N of Belgrade. 800 miles (1,290 km) long.

  • Serbian Ti·sa [tee-suh, ‐sah] /ˈti sə, ‐sɑ/ .
  • German Theiss [tahys] /taɪs/ .

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British Dictionary definitions for Tisza

Tisza

/ (Hungarian ˈtisɔ) /


noun
  1. a river in S central Europe, rising in W Ukraine and flowing west, forming part of the border between Ukraine and Romania, then southwest across Hungary into Serbia to join the Danube north of Belgrade: Slavonic and Romanian name: Tisa

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