Orontes

American  

[aw-ron-teez, oh-ron-] / ɔˈrɒn tiz, oʊˈrɒn- /

noun

1. a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.

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Orontes British  

/ ɒˈrɒntiːz /

noun

1. Arabic name: `Asi.  a river in SW Asia, rising in Lebanon and flowing north through Syria into Turkey, where it turns west to the Mediterranean. Length: 571 km (355 miles)

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Example Sentences

In Antakya people will throw flowers in the Orontes river that flows through the city and hear a local orchestra play “In the Wake of Those Who Have Left,” a composition created to remember the victims.

From Seattle Times

On the eastern side of the Orontes River, in Antakya's historic district, 63-year-old poet Hikmet Guzel held a contrasting view, saying voters would hold those regarded as responsible for failings in the disaster response accountable at the ballot box.

From Reuters

On the opposite bank of the Orontes River, in the old town once popular with tourists, mosques and churches lie ruined.

From Reuters

Antioch, built in 300 B.C. by a general of Alexander the Great in the Orontes River valley, was one of the biggest cities of the Greco-Roman world, rivaling Alexandria and Constantinople.

From Seattle Times

Tulin Kuseyri, a 62-year-old Turkish woman, stood by the Orontes River in Antakya on Thursday, watching searchers remove a body from an apartment building.

From New York Times