a river in E Europe, rising in NW Ukraine and flowing northeast into Belarus across the Pripet Marshes (the largest swamp in Europe), then east into the Dnieper River. Length: about 800 km (500 miles)
Russian name: Pripyat (ˈprɪpjətj)
Pripet in American English
(ˈpripɛt)
river in Ukraine & Belarus, flowing through a large, swampy basin (Pripet Marshes) into the Dnepr: c. 500 mi (805 km)