Bistrița River

English

Proper noun

the Bistrița River

1. A river in Romania, affluent of Siret.
   • 1934 April, Henrietta Allen Holmes, “The Spell of Romania”, in National Geographic Magazine‎^[1], volume LXV, number 4, Washington, D.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 436:

     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.

   • 1990, Georgina Harding, In Another Europe: A Journey to Romania (Hodder & Stoughton)‎^[2], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 90:

     Over a pass the road ran down into Moldavia along the course of the Bistrița river.

   • 2013, Lucy Mallows, Transylvania (Bradt Guides)‎^[3], 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 135:

     Bistrița lies in northern Transylvania on the Bistrița River, in a region of hills covered with orchards.

Translations

River in Romania

• Romanian: Râul Bistrița