Oxus

[ ok-suhs ]

noun

1. Amu Darya.

Oxus

/ ˈɒksəs /

noun

1. See Amu Darya
   the ancient name for the Amu Darya

Example Sentences

It is seven days thence to Giva, a large city on the banks of the Oxus, containing about eight thousand Jews.

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These were the Ghuzes, a Turkish tribe who emigrated in the twelfth century from the country to the north of the Oxus.

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The waters of the Elburz streams are all lost in the Oxus plain ere they reach the river.

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The description of the river Oxus at that point tallies fairly well with Arrian's account of it.

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The chief cities of Baktria surrendered without opposition, and he pushed forward to the Oxus in his pursuit of Bessos.

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