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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Main, Danube, Mangfall, Franconian Saale, Isar, Red Main, White Main, Grossache, Waldnaab, Olschnitz, Kammel, Lech, Partnach, Oh e, Inn, Pegnitz, Selbitz, Roslau, M e, Sinn, Isen, Haidenaab, Vils, Salzach, Mumling, Tauber, Mindel, Fichtelnaab, Kahl, Saalach, Regen, Zeegenbach, Aschaff, Iller, Deichselbach, Friedberger Ach, Luhe, Westerbach, Altmuhl, Geiselbach, Sommerkahl, Traun, Regnitz, Chamb, Loisach, Leiblach, Reichenbach, Rednitz, Amper, Wurm, Breitach, Ilz, Wertach, Gunz, Zusam, Wornitz, Paar, Schmutter, Leibi, Brenz, Rott, Kleine Kahl, Frankische Rezat, Ilm, Grosse Laber, Abens, Schwarze Laber, Gaissa, Schwabische Rezat, Biber, Brend, Memminger Aach, Aisch. Excerpt: Danube - a.new, #quickbar a.new/* cache key: enwiki: resourceloader: filter: minify-css:5: f2a9127573a22335c2a9102b208c73e7 */.ogg-player-options .center .ogg-player-options ul Danube Danube in arengrad, Croatia) The Danube was known in Latin as, in Ancient Greek as (Istros) . The Dacian/Thracian name was /Donaris / Donaris (upper Danube) and Istros (lower Danube). The name D nuvius 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 *d nu, apparently a term for "river," but possibly also of a primeval cosmic river, and of a river goddess (see Danu (Asura)), perhaps from a root *d "to flow/swift, rapid, violent, undisciplined." Other river names with the same etymology include Don, Donets, Dnieper and Dniestr. Dniepr, (pre-Slavic Danapir by Gothic historian Jordanes) and Dniestr, from Danapris and Danastius, are presumed from Scythian Iranic *D nu apara "posterior river" and *D nu nazdya- "anterior river," respectively. The Ancient Greek Istros was
