English Explanatory Dictionary

Neman

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A river in Eastern Europe, flowing through Belarus, Lithuania and Russia to the Baltic Sea.
  2. A town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.

Pronunciation

/ˈneɪmən/

Word forms

Neman Niemen

Etymology

From Russian Не́ман (Néman), from Lithuanian Nemunas, of uncertain origin, possibly from an Old Lithuanian word meaning "damp, wet" (Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“wet”), sharing Ancient Greek νοτερός (noterós)), or from nemti (“to become silent”), or from Finnic niemi (“cape”).

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