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Gus River

The Gus (Russian: Гусь, lit. goose) is a river in Vladimir and Ryazan Oblasts, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Oka. It is 147 kilometres (91 mi) long, and has a drainage basin of 3,910 square kilometres (1,510 sq mi).

The names of several inhabited localities locating along the river's bank are derived from the river's name (Gus-Khrustalny, Gusevsky, Gus-Zhelezny, Gus-Parakhino, Gusevsky Pogost). According to Vladimir Nikonov [ru], the literal translation of the river's name as "goose" is a folk etymology, and the origin of the name lies in an unknown substrate language from which some other local toponyms ending with "-us" (i.e. Charus, Iberdus etc.) also derive.

On the river Gus the Gus Crystal plant is located. It is world-famous production site of original Russian crystal which gave the name to the Gus-Khrustalny city.

References

  1. ^ «Река ГУСЬ», Russian State Water Registry
  2. ^ "Неизвестные языки Поочья" (PDF). www.ruslang.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2016-04-04.