JAXARTES

Meaning of JAXARTES in English

/jak sahr"teez/ , n.

ancient name of Syr Darya .

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JAXARTES — geographical name see: Syr Dar'ya
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JAXARTES — — see Syr Dar'ya
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JAXARTES — Function: geographical name ― see SYR DAR'YA
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SYR DAR'YA — or ancient Jaxartes geographical name river about 1370 miles (2204 kilometers ) Tajikistan & S Kazakhstan flowing from Tian Shan …
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SOGDIANA — geographical name province of ancient Persian Empire between the Jaxartes (Syr Dar'ya) & Oxus (Amu Dar'ya) capital Maracanda (Samarqand)
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SYR DARYA — ancient Jaxartes River River, Central Asia, in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan. Formed by the confluence of two headstreams in the …
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SYR DARYA — /sear" dahr"yeuh/ ; Russ. /sirdd" du rddyah"/ a river in central Asia, flowing NW from the Tien Shan Mountains in …
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SOGDIANA — /sog'dee ay"neuh, -an"euh/ , n. a province of the ancient Persian Empire between the Oxus and Jaxartes rivers: now in …
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SOGDIANA — geographical name province of ancient Persian Empire between the Jaxartes (Syr Dar'ya) & Oxus (Amu Dar'ya) capital Maracanda (Samarqand)
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SYR DARYA — ancient Jaxartes River River, Central Asia, in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan. Formed by the confluence of two headstreams in the …
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