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EUPHRATES

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• EUPHRATES (noun)
The noun EUPHRATES has 1 sense:

1. a river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia

Familiarity information: EUPHRATES used as a noun is very rare.

• EUPHRATES (noun)

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Meaning:

A river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Euphrates; Euphrates River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Euphrates" is a part of...):

Al-Iraq; Irak; Iraq; Republic of Iraq (a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq)

Syria; Syrian Arab Republic (an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization)

Republic of Turkey; Turkey (a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1923)

"No news is good news."
(English proverb)
"Do not be shy of whom is shameless."
(Albanian proverb)
"If you are saved from the lion, do not be greedy and hunt it."
(Arabic proverb)
"The fox can lose his fur but not his cunning."
(Corsican proverb)

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Pronunciation of Republic of Iraq
Meaning of Syria
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