Daugava

English

Proper noun

Daugava

1. A river in Eastern Europe, flowing through Russia, Belarus and Latvia to the Gulf of Riga.

Synonyms

• Duna, Düna, Western Dvina (Western Dwina)

Translations

river in Europe

• Armenian: Արեւմտյան Դվինա (hy) (Arewmtyan Dvina)
• Belarusian: Захо́дняя Дзвіна́ f (Zaxódnjaja Dzviná), Да́ўгава f (Dáŭhava)
• Finnish: Väinäjoki (fi)
• German: Düna (de), westliche Dwina (less commonly)
• Latvian: Daugava f
• Lithuanian: Dauguva f
• Polish: Dźwina (pl) f
• Russian: За́падная Двина́ (ru) f (Západnaja Dviná), Да́угава (ru) f (Dáugava)
• Ukrainian: Захі́дна Двіна́ f (Zaxídna Dviná), Да́угава f (Dáuhava)

Latvian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (“river goddess”), the same source as many other eastern European river names, such as the Danube, Dniepr, Don, etc.

(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dàwɡava]

Proper noun

Daugava f (4th declension)

1. Daugava

Declension

Declension of Daugava (4th declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	Daugava	—
accusative (akuzatīvs)	Daugavu	—
genitive (ģenitīvs)	Daugavas	—
dative (datīvs)	Daugavai	—
instrumental (instrumentālis)	Daugavu	—
locative (lokatīvs)	Daugavā	—
vocative (vokatīvs)	Daugava	—