It flows into the river Váh near the village of Kraľovany.

[1] The name "Orava" may be of Pre-Slavic or Slavic origin.

[2][3] Proto-Slavic *or-, *orati: to scream, to roar.

[4] The suffix -ava could be derived from Germanic -ahwa (water), but it is typical also for older Slovak hydronyms.

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