ORONTES

Meaning of ORONTES in English

/aw ron"teez, oh ron"-/ , n.

a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 mi. (405 km) long.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

ORONTES — geographical name river 246 miles (396 kilometers ) Syria & Turkey rising in Lebanon in the Bekaa & flowing into …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ORONTES — geographical name river 246 miles (396 kilometers ) Syria & Turkey rising in Lebanon in the Bekaa & flowing into …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ORONTES — Orontes BrE AmE ə ˈrɒnt iːz ɒ- AmE \ ɔː ˈrɑːnt iːz ɑː-, oʊ-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ORONTES — Pronunciation: o ̇ - ' rän-( ˌ )t ē z Function: geographical name river 246 mi (396 km ) Syria …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
ORONTES RIVER — River, Middle East. Rising in the Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon mountains, it passes the cities of Hims and Ḥamāh in Syria, …
Английский словарь Британика
ORONTES RIVER — Arabic Nahr Al-'asi, river in southwestern Asia, draining a large part of the northern Levant into the Mediterranean Sea. From …
Britannica English vocabulary
SELEUCIA — geographical name ancient city SE Asia Minor in Cilicia SW of Tarsus, ancient city, chief city of the Seleucid Empire; …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOMS — or ancient Emesa geographical name city W Syria on the Orontes population 354,508
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HAMA — or ~h or biblical ~th geographical name city W Syria on the Orontes population 229,000
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ANTAKYA — or Antakiyah or ancient Antioch geographical name city S Turkey on the Orontes population 123,871
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RIVER — I Natural stream of water that flows in a channel with more or less defined banks. Rivers are a fundamental …
Английский словарь Британика
KARKAR — or Qarqar Ancient fortress on the Orontes River , western Syria. A strategic outpost, it was attacked by the Assyrians …
Английский словарь Британика
HITTITE — (n.) A member of an ancient people (or perhaps group of peoples) whose settlements extended from Armenia westward into Asia …
Английский словарь Webster
SELEUCIA — /si looh"sheuh/ , n. 1. an ancient city in Iraq, on the Tigris River: capital of the Seleucid empire. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HAMA — /hah"mah, hah mah"/ , n. a city in W Syria, on the Orontes River. 137,589. Ancient, Epiphania . Biblical name, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SELEUCIA — geographical name 1. or Seleucia Tra·che·o·tis ˌtrā-kē-ˈō-təs ancient city SE Asia Minor in Cilicia SW of Tarsus 2. ancient city, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOMS — geographical name or ancient Em·e·sa ˈe-mə-sə city W Syria on the Orontes population 354,508
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HAMA — or Ha·mah ˈhä-ˌmä ; or biblical Ha·math ˈhā-ˌmath city W Syria on the Orontes population 229,000
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ANTAKYA — geographical name or An·ta·ki·yah -ˈkē-yə ; or ancient An·ti·och ˈan-tē-ˌäk city S Turkey on the Orontes population 123,871
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HITTITE — add. ·noun a member of an ancient people (or perhaps group of peoples) whose settlements extended from armenia westward into …
Webster English vocab
YEAR IN REVIEW 1997: WORLD-AFFAIRS: SPECIAL REPORT — SPECIAL REPORT: The U.S. Presidential Election by George Russell Election campaigns, like wars, are won through a combination of strategy, …
Britannica English vocabulary
SYRIA, FLAG OF — horizontally striped red-white-black national flag with two green stars on the white stripe. The flag's width-to-length ratio is 2 to …
Britannica English vocabulary
SETI I — died 1279 BC Egyptian king of the 19th dynasty who reigned from 1290 to 1279 BC. His father, Ramses I, …
Britannica English vocabulary
SELEUCIA PIERIA — Greek Seleukeia, in ancient Syria, port of Antioch and frontier fortress on the Cilician border (near modern Samandag, Turkey), 4 …
Britannica English vocabulary
PTOLEMY III EUERGETES — ((Greek: Benefactor)) flourished 246221 BC Macedonian king of Egypt, son of Ptolemy II; he reunited Egypt and Cyrenaica and successfully …
Britannica English vocabulary
MUWATALLIS — flourished 13th century BC also spelled Muwatallish Hittite king during the New Kingdom (reigned c. 1320c. 1294 BC). Muwatallis was …
Britannica English vocabulary
MESOPOTAMIA, HISTORY OF — Sites associated with ancient Mesopotamian history. history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world's earliest civilization developed. The …
Britannica English vocabulary
LEBANON MOUNTAINS — Arabic Jabal Lubnan, French Mont Liban, also called Jabal Al-gharbi, or Mt. Lebanon, mountain range, extending almost the entire length …
Britannica English vocabulary
KADESH, BATTLE OF — (1275 BC), major battle between the Egyptians under Ramses II and the Hittites under Muwatallis, in Syria, southwest of Hims, …
Britannica English vocabulary
ANTIOCH — Turkish Antakya, populous city of ancient Syria, and now a major town of south-central Turkey. It lies near the mouth …
Britannica English vocabulary
SYRIA — is the term used throughout our version for the Hebrew Aram, as well as for the Greek Zupia . Most …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
HAMATH — (fortress), the principal city of upper Syria, was situated in the valley of the Orontes, which it commanded from the …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

← ORONO OROPENDOLA→