"Drin" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Albanian Drin. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sq|Drin}} Albanian Drin Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Drin
  1. The longest river in Albania, flowing about 190 km across the north of the country from the confluence of the rivers Black Drin and White Drin near Kukës, west through the Fierza Reservoir then south through Lake Koman to the town of Vau i Dejës; it then splits into the Large Drin which flows into the river Buna at the Rozafa Castle near Shkodër and the Small Drin which flows into the Gulf of Drin southwest of Lezhë. Categories (place): Places in Albania, Rivers in Albania Translations (the longest river in Albania): Drini [definite, masculine] (Albanian), Drin [indefinite, masculine] (Albanian), Δρίλων (Drílōn) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), Դրին (Drin) (Armenian), Дрин (Drin) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Дрим (Drim) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Drin [masculine] (German), Δρίνος (Drínos) [masculine] (Greek), Drin [masculine] (Italian), 드린강 (deurin'gang) (Korean), Drinō [masculine] (Latin), Дрим (Drim) [masculine] (Macedonian), Drin [masculine] (Polish), Дрин (Drin) [masculine] (Russian), Дрим [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Drim [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
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