Khabur
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Khabur
First recorded in 1810–15; from Arabic (al-)khābūr
Example Sentences
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Exports via a pipeline that goes through Iraq’s Fish Khabur border crossing to Turkey’s Ceyhan port will resume this week, according to Lawk Ghafuri, spokesperson for the Kurdish regional government.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2023
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
Ten large wild buffaloes in the country of Kharran, and the plains of the river Khabur, I slew.
From Babylonian and Assyrian Literature by Anonymous
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