Aras

American  

[ah-rahs, ar-uhs] / ɑˈrɑs, ˈær əs /

noun

1. 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.

2. Classical Mythology. the first king of Phliasia.

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Aras British  

/ æˈræs /

noun

1. Ancient name: Araxes.  Russian name: Araks.  a river rising in mountains in E Turkey and flowing east to the Caspian Sea: forms part of the E border of Turkey and the N border of Iran. Length: about 1100 km (660 miles)

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Example Sentences

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, Kemal Aras, the Turkish sponge diver who had discovered the shipwreck at Cape Gelidonya and had taken Peter Throckmorton to see it, took Throckmorton to the site of another shipwreck he had discovered.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler