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euphrates
/juˈfɹeɪtiz/
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What does euphrates mean?
proper noun
- A river in West Asia, 2780 kilometers in length, flowing southwest from Turkey, then southeast, and uniting with the Tigris before entering the Persian Gulf. It forms the Western edge of classical Mesopotamia.
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IPA pronunciation
/juˈfɹeɪtiz/
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To the student of antiquity, these far surpass in interest the ruined cities of the Nile or Euphrates valley.
Holy heifers are pastured on purpose for Diana Persia, whom, of all the gods, the barbarians beyond Euphrates chiefly adore.
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The planned tapping of huge quantities of Euphrates water has raised serious concern in the downstream riparian nations of Syria and Iraq.
That these depressions were actually used as reservoirs in antiquity is proved by the presence along their edges of thick beds of Euphrates shells.
Layard was a youth of only twenty-two, travelling in the East, when he was possessed with a desire to penetrate the regions beyond the Euphrates.