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Araxes

American  
[uh-rak-seez] / əˈræk siz /

noun

  1. ancient name of Aras.


Araxes British  
/ əˈræksiːz /

noun

  1. the ancient name for the Aras

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By 2006, the cemetery had been smashed to pieces, with ancient grave markers dumped into the Araxes River, according to a report by Pickman in Archaeology magazine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2020

To the east peasants watched their flocks in the valley of Araxes, allegedly the valley created "Eden" by Jehovah.

From Time Magazine Archive

This city called "The Glory of the East," the ancient capital of Persia, is situated in the province of Faris, on the river Araxes.

From Modern Persia by Mooshie G. Daniel

He need not put himself to the expense and trouble of building a bridge across the Araxes.

From Cyrus the Great Makers of History by Jacob Abbott

Kings, from Indus, and Araxes, Ister, and the Boreal axes, Horsed his chariot to the waves, Then embarked, his galley-slaves.

From Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

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