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Дон

/[dɔn]/
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Definitions

  1. 1.
    Don (a river, the fifth-longest in Europe, in Tula, Lipetsk, Voronezh, Volgograd and Rostov Oblasts, Russia, flowing 1160 miles to the Sea of Azov)
  2. 2.
    a transliteration of the English male given name Don

Etymology

Old East Slavic Донъ (Donŭ), perhaps from Avestan 𐬛𐬁𐬥𐬎 (dānu, “river”), from Proto-Iranian *dānu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dáHnu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu. Cognate with Russian Дон (Don), Ancient Greek Τάναϊς (Tánaïs), Ossetian дон (don, “river”).

Forms

  • Donromanization
  • До́наgenitive
  • донськи́йadjective • relational
Nominative
Singular
Дон
Plural
Genitive
Singular
До́на
Plural
Dative
Singular
До́нові, До́ну
Plural
Accusative
Singular
Дон
Plural
Instrumental
Singular
До́ном
Plural
Locative
Singular
До́ну, До́ні
Plural
Vocative
Singular
До́не
Plural

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