Elbe

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciationsEnglish: /ɛlb/, German: /ˈɛlbə/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(Ger. el′bə; Eng. elb)



WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
El•be  (Ger. el′bə; Eng. elb),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Place Namesa river in central Europe, flowing from the W Czech Republic NW through Germany to the North Sea. 725 mi. (1165 km) long. Czech, Labe. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Elbe / ɛlb ˈɛlbə/
  1. a river in central Europe, rising in the N Czech Republic and flowing generally northwest through Germany to the North Sea at Hamburg. Length: 1165 km (724 miles)
    Czech name: Labe
'Elbe' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Charlemagne - Cuxhaven - Dresden - Hamburg - Harz - Harz Mountains - Havel - Hradec Králové - Labe - Lusatia - Magdeburg - Meissen - Mittelland Canal - Ohře - Pardubice - Polabian - Saxon - Schleswig-Holstein - Sudeten - Vltava - Weser - Wittenberg - saxony - Ústí nad Labem

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