Neman

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A river in Eastern (region) Europe, flowing through Belarus (country), Lithuania (country) and Russia (country) to the sea, Baltic Sea.
• town Kaliningrad (oblast) Russia (country).

Origin

• From Russian Не́ман, from Lithuanian Nemunas, of uncertain origin, possibly from an Old Lithuanian word meaning "damp, wet" (Proto-Indo-European *ned- ("wet"), sharing Ancient Greek νοτερός), or from nemti, or from niemi.