Pripet Marshes

Pripet Marshes
Prip′et Marsh′es
n.
geg an extensive wooded marshland in S Belorussia and NW Ukraine. 33,500 sq. mi. (86,765 sq. km)

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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  • Pripet Marshes — an extensive wooded marshland in S Byelorussia (Belarus) and NW Ukraine. 33,500 sq. mi. (86,765 sq. km). * * * Vast marsh region, southern Belarus and northwestern Ukraine. The largest swamp of the European continent, the marshes lie in the… …   Universalium

  • Pripet Marshes — an extensive wooded marshland in S Byelorussia (Belarus) and NW Ukraine. 33,500 sq. mi. (86,765 sq. km) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pripet — [prē′pyät΄y prē′pet] river in Ukraine & Belarus, flowing through a large, swampy basin (Pripet Marshes) into the Dnepr: c. 500 mi (805 km): Russ. name Pripyat [prē′pyät΄y ] …   English World dictionary

  • Pripet River — Belarusian Prypyats River Ukrainian Pryp yat River River, northwestern Ukraine and southern Belarus. Rising in northwestern Ukraine near the Polish border, it flows east through the Pripet Marshes to Mazyr, then joins the Dnieper River in the… …   Universalium

  • Pripet — or Russian Pripyat or Belarusian Prypyats or Ukrainian Pryp yat geographical name river 500 miles (805 kilometers) E central Europe in NW Ukraine & S Belarus flowing E through the marshlands called Polesye (or Pripet Marshes to the Dnieper) …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Pripet — /prip it, et, pree pet/, n. a river in NW Ukraine and S Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing E through the Pripet Marshes to the Dnieper River in NW Ukraine. 500 mi. (800 km) long. Russian, Pripyat /prddyee pyit/. Polish, Prypec. * * * …   Universalium

  • Pripet — Prip•et [[t]ˈprɪp ɪt, ɛt, ˈpri pɛt[/t]] n. geg a river in NW Ukraine and S Belorussia, flowing E through the Pripet Marshes to the Dnieper River in NW Ukraine. 500 mi. (800 km) long. Russian, Pri•pyat [[t]ˈpryi pyɪt[/t]] …   From formal English to slang

  • Pripet — /ˈprɪpət/ (say pripuht) noun a river in eastern Europe, rising in Ukraine and flowing east then south east to the Dnieper through the extensive Pripet Marshes of Belarus. About 805 km. Also, Pripyat …  

  • Pripet — /prip it, et, pree pet/, n. a river in NW Ukraine and S Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing E through the Pripet Marshes to the Dnieper River in NW Ukraine. 500 mi. (800 km) long. Russian, Pripyat /prddyee pyit/. Polish, Prypec …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pinsk Marshes — The Pinsk Marshes (Пинские болота) or Pripyat Marshes (Pripet Marshes, Припятские болота) are a vast territory of wetlands along the Pripyat River and its tributaries from Brest, Belarus (west) to Mogilev (northeast) and Kiev (southeast).The… …   Wikipedia

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