Dâmbovița River

English

Proper noun

the Dâmbovița River

1. A river in Romania.
   • 2004, Romanian Journal of Mineral Deposits, page 48:

     Near Gemenea (Dâmbovița river) the archaeological data mention a pre-Roman Gethyc site (IV century B.C.) with an activity of extraction of gold from the Dâmbovița alluvial sands (Pârvari, 1967, pg 95) and possibly from Pleistocene Cândești gravels.

   • 2004, Steve Kokker, Cathryn Kemp, Romania & Moldova (Lonely Planet)‎^[1], 3rd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 135:

     Cotroceni Palace (Şos Cotroceni 1) lies along the western bank of the Dâmbovița River.

   • 2009, Gordon Kerr, Timeline of Kings & Queens‎^[2], Canary Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 84:

     1532 England Sir Thomas More resigns over Henry’s divorce. Wallachia Vlad the Drowned is so named after he gets drunk and rides into the Dâmbovița river, where he drowns; Vlad Vintilă de la Slatina becomes prince.

   • 2015, Troy R Lovata, Elizabeth Olton, Understanding Graffiti: Multidisciplinary Studies from Prehistory to the Present‎^[3], Routledge, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 79:

     This is the narrowest crossing point from north to south of the entire valley, and thus is the best location in the Dâmbovița River valley to control traffic from the Danube Plain northward toward the Carpathians and Transylvania.