Etymology

neva

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Today it means: A river in Russia, on which the Saint Petersburg city is located. Full definition →

Russian Нева́ ← Finnic
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  1. Finnic · derived from
  2. Russian · borrowed fromНева́
  3. English todayNeva

From Russian Нева́ (Nevá), from Finnic (compare Finnish neva).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.