vardar
vardar Lexical Profile
• noun
A major river in southeastern Europe, being the longest river in North Macedonia, which flows southward into Greece and empties into the Aegean Sea.
"The Vardar flows through the capital city of Skopje, dividing it into a modern southern sector and an historic northern district."
A cold, northerly ravine wind that blows down the valley of the Vardar River into the Aegean Sea, similar to the mistral.
"Temperatures dropped sharply along the Greek coast as the biting vardar swept through the northern valleys."
Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the Vardar River in southeastern Europe. The river's name is of Thracian origin, tracing back to the Proto-Indo-European root '*(s)wordo-', meaning 'black' or 'dark water'.
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