The Crna is river in the Republic of Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

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, right tributary of the Vardar

Vardar

The Vardar or Axios is the longest and major river in the Republic of Macedonia and also a major river of Greece. It is long, and drains an area of around . The maximum depth of river is ....

. It runs though much of the south and west of the country. Its source is in the mountains of western Macedonia, west of Kruševo

Kruševo

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. It flows through the village Sopotnica

Sopotnica

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, and southwards through the plains east of Bitola

Bitola

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. At Brod (Novaci Municipality

Novaci municipality

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) it turns northeast, and it flows into the Vardar between Rosoman

Rosoman

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 and Gradsko

Gradsko

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.

The name means "black river" in Macedonian, a translation of its earlier Thracian

Thracian language

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 name, Erigon, meaning "black", akin to Greek

Greek language

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 érebos, "darkness"; Armenian

Armenian language

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 erek, "evening"; Old Norse

Old Norse

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 røkkr, "darkness"; Gothic

Gothic language

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 riqis, "darkness"; Sanskrit

Sanskrit

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 rájas, "night"; Tocharian B orkamo, "dark".