Duna

See also: Appendix:Variations of "duna"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Düna.

Proper noun

Duna

1. The Daugava (a river in eastern Europe).

Synonyms

• See Daugava.

Anagrams

• Danu, Duan, duan

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• Tuna, Dunav

Etymology

Probably ultimately from Latin Danubius. See Danube. Compare Greek Δούναβης (Doúnavis), Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian Дунав, Romanian Dunăre.

Proper noun

Duna f

1. Danube (a river in Europe; flowing 2,850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine, into the Black Sea)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈduna]

Proper noun

Duna m anim (female equivalent Dunová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Duna (masculine animate in -a)

	singular	plural
nominative	Duna	Dunové
genitive	Duny	Dunů
dative	Dunovi	Dunům
accusative	Dunu	Duny
vocative	Duno	Dunové
locative	Dunovi	Dunech
instrumental	Dunou	Duny

Further reading

• “Duna”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdunɒ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -nɒ
• Hyphenation: Du‧na

Proper noun

Duna

1. Danube (a river in Europe; flowing 2,850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine, into the Black Sea)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Duna	—
accusative	Dunát	—
dative	Dunának	—
instrumental	Dunával	—
causal-final	Dunáért	—
translative	Dunává	—
terminative	Dunáig	—
essive-formal	Dunaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Dunában	—
superessive	Dunán	—
adessive	Dunánál	—
illative	Dunába	—
sublative	Dunára	—
allative	Dunához	—
elative	Dunából	—
delative	Dunáról	—
ablative	Dunától	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Dunáé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Dunáéi	—

Possessive forms of Duna

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Dunám	—
2nd person sing.	Dunád	—
3rd person sing.	Dunája	—
1st person plural	Dunánk	—
2nd person plural	Dunátok	—
3rd person plural	Dunájuk	—

Derived terms

• dunai

Compounds words

• Al-Duna
• Duna-delta
• Dunaalmás
• Dunabogdány
• Dunaegyháza
• Dunafalva
• Dunaföldvár
• Dunaharaszti
• Dunakanyar
• Dunakeszi
• Dunakiliti
• Dunamocs
• Dunapataj
• Dunaremete
• Dunaszeg
• Dunaszekcső
• Dunaszentbenedek
• Dunaszentgyörgy
• Dunaszentmiklós
• Dunaszentpál
• Dunaszerdahely
• Dunasziget
• Dunatetétlen
• Dunaújváros
• Dunavarsány
• Dunavecse
• Dunántúl
• Kis-Duna
• Mosoni-Duna

Expressions

• Duna–Tisza köze
• Dunát lehetne rekeszteni
• sok víz lefolyik a Dunán
• vizet hord a Dunába

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duna/, [ˈduna]
• Rhymes: -una
• Hyphenation: Du‧na

Proper noun

Duna m pers (female equivalent Dunová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Duna
(pattern hrdina)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Duna	Dunovia	Dunovci
genitive	Dunu	Dunov	Dunovcov
dative	Dunovi	Dunom	Dunovcom
accusative	Dunu	Dunov	Dunovcov
locative	Dunovi	Dunoch	Dunovcoch
instrumental	Dunom	Dunami	Dunovcami

Further reading

• “Duna”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026