Euphrates River

  

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Euphrates River

Definition: Euphrates River

Euphrates River

Noun

1. A river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonym: Euphrates River

Synonym: Euphrates (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Euphrates River

English words defined with "Euphrates River": Aras, AraxesTigris, Tigris RiverUr. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Euphrates River": AhavaHaborPethor. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Euphrates River

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Euphrates River and the Southeast Anatolia Development Project (Water: The Middle East Imperative) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Euphrates River

Illustrations:
Euphrates River

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Non-Fiction Usage: Euphrates River

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Syria

Most people live in the Euphrates River valley and along the coastal plain, a fertile strip between the coastal mountains and the desert. (references)

Syria

The installation of a new pipeline to deliver water from the Euphrates River to Aleppo is expected to alleviate some of the city's shortfall in the coming year. (references)

Iraq

Relations with Syria have been marred by traditional rivalry for pre-eminence in Arab affairs, allegations of involvement in each other's internal politics, and disputes over the waters of Euphrates River, oil transit fees, and stances toward Israel. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Euphrates River

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  euphrates river

48

  tigris and euphrates river

9
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Euphrates River

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

buranun. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

andouille, Anguilla anguilla, Anguilla vulgaris, anguille commune, anguille de rivière, anguille d'Europe, Anguillidae, VE Anguilla anguilla, VE anguille. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Euphrates River

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-h-i-p-r-r-r-s-t-u-v"

-3 letters: superheater.

-4 letters: perverters, preharvest, preheaters, privateers, retrievers.

-5 letters: apertures, earthrise, eruptives, harvester, parterres, perverter, phratries, preheater, preserver, privateer, rareripes, rehearser, reheaters, repairers, repartees, repeaters, reprieves, rerepeats, retriever, retrieves, reverters, superheat, therapies, threapers, traverser, treasurer, upheavers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Euphrates River


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 75 70 68 72 61 74 65 73      52 69 76 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01110101 01110000 01101000 01110010 01100001 01110100 01100101 01110011 00100000 01010010 01101001 01110110 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#117 &#112 &#104 &#114 &#97 &#116 &#101 &#115 &#32 &#82 &#105 &#118 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0075 0070 0068 0072 0061 0074 0065 0073      0052 0069 0076 0065 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39878274846786718525275887184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Ancient
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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