Meanings
- A raion of Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine, established in July 2020. Administrative centre: Kelmentsi.
5. Chernivtsi Oblast, Dniester Raion, the village of Kelmentsi, Kelmentsi Municipality.
p. 2021 April, Gulbarshyn Chepurko, Lidiya Hladchenko, Iryna Nahorna, Oksana Pysana, translated by Tetyana Dytyna, Brief overview of the analytical report: Research into the local self-government bodies overcoming the challenges posed by COVID-19 in providing educational services in the municipalities, U-LEAD with Europe, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2025, “Good examples of ensuring access to education in the municipality during COVID-19 restrictions” (pages 19–21), title of section 5, page 211 more example
In Bukovyna, the religious community of the village of Ivanivtsi, Dniester raion, decided to transfer from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.
2023 June 28th, “Operational information from the regions of the Active Community network 06/27/2023”, in NGO “Ukrainian Code”, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2023, Western Oblasts: Chernivtsi Oblast
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA major river in Eastern Europe, flowing south through Ukraine and Moldova to the Black Sea.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₂nu
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*dáHnu
- Proto-Iranian*dáHnu
- Proto-Sarmatian*δān
- Proto-Indo-European*sed-
- Proto-Indo-European*nesd-
- Proto-Indo-European*nésdyos
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*názdyas
- Proto-Iranian*názdyah
- Proto-Sarmatian*nazdi
- Proto-Sarmatian*Δānnazdibor.?
- Proto-Sarmatian*δān
- Ancient GreekἼστρος (Ístros)
- Proto-Slavic*Dъněstrъ
- Old East SlavicДънѣстръ (Dŭněstrŭ)
- RussianДнестр (Dnestr)
- Old East SlavicДънѣстръ (Dŭněstrŭ)
- UkrainianДністер (Dnister)
- EnglishDniester
Borrowed from Russian Днестр (Dnestr) and/or Ukrainian Дністер (Dnister). The first element is from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river”), found in several other river names such as Danube and Донец (Donec); more at Danube.
More words from Proto-Indo-European
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Τύρας
- Τύρας (Túras)river in Europe
Czech Dněstr
- Dněstrriver in Europe
Esperanto Dnestro
- Dnestroriver in Europe
French Dniestr
- Dniestrriver in Europe
German Dnister
- Dnisterriver in Europe
Greek Δνείστερος
- Δνείστερος (Dneísteros)river in Europe
Hindi नीस्टर
- नीस्टर (nīsṭar)river in Europe
Hungarian Dnyeszter
- Dnyeszterriver in Europe
Irish An Dnístir
- An Dnístirriver in Europe
Latin Danaster, Tyras
- Danasterriver in Europe
- Tyrasriver in Europe
Polish Dniestr
- Dniestrriver in Europe
Romanian Nistru
- Nistruriver in Europe
Russian Днестр
- Днестр (Dnestr)river in Europe
Turkish Dinyester, Özi
- Dinyesterriver in Europe
- Öziriver in Europe
- Turlariver in Europe
Ukrainian Дністе́р, Дністро́вський райо́н
- Дністе́р (Dnistér)river in Europe
- Дністро́вський райо́н (Dnistróvsʹkyj rajón)raion of Chernivtsi, Ukraine
- Дністро́вщина (Dnistróvščyna)raion of Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Yiddish נעסטער
- נעסטער (nester)river in Europe
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Cite this entry
Dniester. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dniester
“Dniester.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dniester. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dniester,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dniester.
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