Talk:Vltava

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Aren't there some legends surrounding the Vltava and the Charles Bridge? I recall one involving a hero (can't remember the name) and how the Vltava was his bride, his sword the Charles Bridge, and himself and his lion forever immortalized as statues on the bridge? I'll look around, but I'm pretty sure the Vltava has some Czech folkloric bearing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.65.252.145 (talk) 17:32, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Smetana=Romantic, not classical

just so you know — Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.57.206.54 (talk) 23:22, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

IPA

When I get home (school computers don't have sound), I'll put IPA on this. [ dotKuro ] [ talk ] [ contribs ] 13:55, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

When do you aspect to arrive home? ;-) (two years later IPA is still not added).--178.118.104.124 (talk) 21:48, 21 June 2012 (UTC)

Latin name: Multavia? How old?

I am certain I saw this name, Multava, for the river on a map of the Roman Empire in the 1958 edition of the Encyclopaedia Brittanica. Was this in fact the Latin name? (It would of course have been pronounced "MOOL-ta-wa." Kostaki mou (talk) 23:44, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

You probably got your answer by now, but yes, la.wiki's article is la:Multavia (close enough). – filelakeshoe (t / c)  22:15, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

The etymology section only discusses Germanic and Slavic roots. Is this Multavia a Roman-period Latin name? Or a mediaeval Latin one? It matters, of course. Arminden (talk) 15:33, 7 November 2025 (UTC)

English name

What was the pre-PC English name? For Smetana's Vltava, English uses the German Moldau - maybe that's a good indication, dating far back to pre-woke England :) Arminden (talk) 17:33, 21 July 2025 (UTC)

Check out issue raised above: how old is the Latin name, Multavia? Arminden (talk) 15:35, 7 November 2025 (UTC)