Weichsel
noun
1.
a river in Poland, flowing N from the Carpathian Mountains past Warsaw into the Baltic near Danzig. About 650 miles (1050 km) long.
noun
1.
the German name for the Vistula (sense 1)
noun
1.
a river in central and N Poland, rising in the Carpathian Mountains and flowing generally north and northwest past Warsaw and Torun, then northeast to enter the Baltic via an extensive delta region. Length: 1090 km (677 miles) Polish name Wisla German name Weichsel
2.
Vistula Lagoon, a shallow lagoon on the SW coast of the Baltic Sea, between Danzig and Kaliningrad, crossed by the border between Poland and Russia German name Frisches Haff Polish name Wislany Zalew Russian name Vislinsky Zaliv
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