Meanings
- A river in Romania, affluent of Siret.
Over a pass the road ran down into Moldavia along the course of the Bistrița river.
1990, Georgina Harding, In Another Europe: A Journey to Romania (Hodder & Stoughton), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 902 more examples
One afternoon, while descending the eastern slopes of the Carpathians, following the northern Bistrița River, we came upon a tiny village of three or four houses, where a wedding was being celebrated.
1934 April, Henrietta Allen Holmes, “The Spell of Romania”, in National Geographic Magazine, volume LXV, number 4, Washington, D.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 436Bistrița lies in northern Transylvania on the Bistrița River, in a region of hills covered with orchards.
2013, Lucy Mallows, Transylvania (Bradt Guides), 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 135
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Romanian Râul Bistrița
- Râul BistrițaRiver in Romania
Cite this entry
Bistrița River. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bistri%C8%9Ba%20River
“Bistrița River.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bistri%C8%9Ba%20River. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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