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Araxes

noun
1.
A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea; ancient name was Araxes.  Synonym: Aras.





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"Araxes" Quotes from Famous Books



... came, Carians, Gelonian bowmen, and behind The Leleges, the Dahae, hard to tame, The Morini, extreme of human-kind. Last, proud Araxes, whom no bridge could bind, Euphrates humbled, and the horned Rhine. All this, by Vulcan on the shield designed, He sees, and, gladdening at the gift divine, Upbears aloft the fame and ...
— The Aeneid of Virgil - Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor • Virgil


Words linked to "Araxes" :   turkey, Republic of Armenia, Republic of Turkey, Hayastan, Armenia, river, Aras


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