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Latvia's capital, [[Riga]] bridges the estuary four times, lying on both banks, the city centre being {{convert|15|km}} from the mouth and being a significant port.

According to [[Max Vasmer]]'s ''Etymological Dictionary'', the [[toponym]] Dvina clearly cannot stem from a [[Uralic language]], and it possibly comes from an [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] word which used to mean ''river'' or ''stream''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Фасмер|first=Макс|script-title=ru:Этимологический словарь Фасмера|url=http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=%2Fusr%2Flocal%2Fshare%2Fstarling%2Fmorpho&morpho=1&basename=morpho%5Cvasmer%5Cvasmer&first=1&off=&text_word=%D0%94%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0&method_word=substring&ic_word=on&text_general=&method_general=substring&ic_general=on&text_origin=&method_origin=substring&ic_origin=on&text_trubachev=&method_trubachev=substring&ic_trubachev=on&text_editorial=&method_editorial=substring&ic_editorial=on&text_pages=&method_pages=substring&ic_pages=on&text_any=&method_any=substring&sort=word&ic_any=on|language=ru|page=161}}</ref> The name ''Dvina'' resembles strongly ''[[Danube|Danuvius]]'' which itself derived from the Proto-Indo-European ''*dānu'', "large river".

 

 

[[File:Port of Riga on the Daugava river.jpg|thumb|alt=Port of Riga on the Daugava river by findseajobs.com|Port of Riga on the Daugava river]]