Väinö joki

English translation: River Daugova

09:34 Nov 27, 2004
Finnish to English translations [PRO]
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Finnish term or phrase: Väinö joki
Hei, tietääko kukaan mikä on Latvian Väinö joen englannin kielinen nimi?
Joliz
Local time: 11:08
English translation:River Daugova
Explanation:
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Note added at 5 hrs 54 mins (2004-11-27 15:28:43 GMT)
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The LATVIAN name is DaugAva, http://www.bartleby.com/65/dv/DvinaW.html
BUT in the Britannica online it says
http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article?tocId=9276727
\"The capital of Latvia, Riga stands at the southern end of the Gulf of Riga, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The city grew up on both sides of the mouth of the Western Dvina (Daugava) River.\"
So the English name is: the Western Dvina River! 963 hits on Google.
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Local time: 13:08
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Väinö joki
River Daugova


Explanation:
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Note added at 5 hrs 54 mins (2004-11-27 15:28:43 GMT)
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The LATVIAN name is DaugAva, http://www.bartleby.com/65/dv/DvinaW.html
BUT in the Britannica online it says
http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article?tocId=9276727
\"The capital of Latvia, Riga stands at the southern end of the Gulf of Riga, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The city grew up on both sides of the mouth of the Western Dvina (Daugava) River.\"
So the English name is: the Western Dvina River! 963 hits on Google.



    Reference: http://www.kinnaird.net/samcock.htm
Alfa Trans (X)
Local time: 13:08
Native speaker of: Finnish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Kiitos!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Rogier Blokland (X): Daugava River
2 hrs

agree  Heikki Särkkä: There are more hits on Daugava River. There is a universal tendency to increasingly use domestic names for smaller places.
259 days
  -> Kiitos, Heikki!
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