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

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 Assyrian Christians were seized from the Khabur River valley in northern Syria, among the last holdouts of a minority that had been chased across the Mideast for generations.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2016

The last Khabur captives were on their way out.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2016

We can cross Euphrates at Carchemish or at Til Barsip opposite the Sajur mouth, or where Thapsacus looked across to the outfall of the Khabur.

From The Ancient East by Hogarth, D. G. (David George)