Euphrates

[ yoo-frey-teez ]

/ yuˈfreɪ tiz /

noun

a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey through Syria and Iraq, joining the Tigris to form the Shatt-al-Arab near the Persian Gulf. 1700 miles (2735 km) long.

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And like civilization itself, it might all start on the banks of the Euphrates.
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How much better than thinking of it stuck fast on some wretched mound by the Euphrates, 30 feet high.
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The shell of Babylon, the gorgeous city which rose by Euphrates, has indeed sunk into heaps; but Babylon herself is not dead.
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The river valley of the Tigris and Euphrates, and the valley of the Nile are wonderfully rich in historic material.
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One of these inscriptions occurs as far west as the left bank of Euphrates over against Malatia.
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The Euphrates, on the contrary, has the same country on the left.
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British Dictionary definitions for euphrates

Euphrates

/ (juːˈfreɪtiːz) /

noun

a river in SW Asia, rising in E Turkey and flowing south across Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris, forming the Shatt-al-Arab, which flows to the head of the Persian Gulf: important in ancient times for the extensive irrigation of its valley (in Mesopotamia). Length: 3598 km (2235 miles)

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