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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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