Khabur

American  

[khah-boor, ko-ber] / xɑˈbʊər, ˈkɒ bər /

Also Habor

noun

1. a river in western Asia, flowing south from southeastern Turkey through northeastern Syria to the Euphrates. 200 miles (320 km) long.

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Etymology

Origin of Khabur

First recorded in 1810–15; from Arabic (al-)khābūr

Example Sentences

Exports via a pipeline that goes through Iraq’s Fish Khabur border crossing to Turkey’s Ceyhan port will resume this week, according to Lawk Ghafuri, spokesperson for the Kurdish regional government.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2023

The low level of the Khabur, which many farmers depend on to irrigate their fields, means they have to operate their diesel-powered pumps longer to get the same amount of water.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2022

For thousands of years, the Euphrates River and its largest tributary, the Khabur River, which cuts through Hasaka Province, nurtured some of the world’s earliest farming settlements.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2022

The Khabur valley is now all but empty of its Christians.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2016

Ten large wild buffaloes in the country of Kharran, and the plains of the river Khabur, I slew.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Literature by Anonymous