English Explanatory Dictionary

Emajõgi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A river in Estonia which flows from Lake Võrtsjärv through Tartu County into Lake Peipus, crossing the city of Tartu for 10 km. It has a length of 101 km.

Word forms

Emajõgi

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Finnic *emä Estonian ema Proto-Finnic *joki Estonian jõgi Estonian Emajõgibor. English Emajõgi From Estonian Emajõgi < ema (“mother”) + jõgi (“river”).

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