One of the Danube river branches.
By Katarina
25 Oct, 2012
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Google says about origin of the name Danube:The name Dānuvius is presumably a loan from Celtic (Gaulish), or possibly Iranic. It is one of a number of river names derived from a Proto-Indo-European language word *dānu, apparently a term for "river", but possibly also of a primeval cosmic river, and of a Vedic river goddess (see Danu), perhaps from a root *dā "to flow/swift, rapid, violent, undisciplined."
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lovley pic, and interesting caption!
so many rivers and other features are "double-named" - "Avon" means "river", so "river Avon" is actually "river river". There are stacks of these - there's one hill in England whose name is Hillhillhillhillhill - but in five different languages!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tautological_place_names
25 Oct, 2012