A river of south-eastern Europe, which rises in the Carpathian Mountains in southern Ukraine and flows south-east for 850 km (530 miles), joining the River Danube near Galaţi in Romania. For much of its course it forms the border between Romania and Moldova.
Definition of Prut in US English:
Prut
(also Pruth)
proper nounpro͞ot
A river in southeastern Europe that rises in the Carpathian Mountains in southern Ukraine and flows southeast for 530 miles (850 km) to join the Danube River near Galaţi in Romania. For much of its course it forms the border between Romania and Moldova.