Aras
Americannoun
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Ancient Araxes. Also Araks a river in southwestern Asia, flowing from eastern Turkey along part of the boundary between northwestern Iran and Armenia and Azerbaijan into the Kura River. About 660 miles (1,065 km) long.
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Classical Mythology. the first king of Phliasia.
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Example Sentences
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The couple had just dragged their heavy suitcases across a bridge over the fast-flowing Aras River that marks Iran's remote northern border with the small nation of Armenia, in the southern Caucasus region.
From BBC • Jun. 23, 2025
Before the helicopter “crash,” Raisi was at the inauguration ceremony of Qiz Qalasi, the third dam jointly built by Iran and Azerbaijan on the Aras River.
From Salon • May 19, 2024
The complex where the attack took place on Friday was developed by the Azerbaijan-born billionaire Aras Agalarov, whose son, Emin, is a famous pop star.
From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2024
Lula also said he would nominate Paulo Gonet as the country's new prosecutor general, ending months of uncertainty since the term of Bolsonaro appointee Augusto Aras ended in September.
From Reuters • Nov. 27, 2023
In 1958, some three thousand years later, photojournalist Peter Throckmorton was completing his second summer aboard a sponge diving vessel captained by Kemal Aras.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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