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Tigris

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tigris rivernounan asian river; a tributary of the euphrates river

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tigris rivernounan asian river; a tributary of the euphrates river
euphratesnounA river in West Asia, 2780 kilometers in length, flowing southwest from Turkey, then southeast, and uniting with the Tigris before entering the Persian Gulf. It forms the Western edge of classical Mesopotamia.
tigraynounA region of Ethiopia; the northernmost region of Ethiopia; in full, Tigray Region.
seleucianoun(historical) A former city in Mesopotamia, the capital city of the Seleucid Empire.
tigrenounA Semitic language of northern Eritrea, closely related to Tigrinya.
tigernounPanthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
tigersnoun(cricket) The Bangladesh national cricket team.
shatt al-arabnounA river in Southwest Iraq, formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and the Tigris; the southern end of the river constitutes the border between Iraq and Iran down to the mouth of the river as it discharges into the Persian Gulf.
shatt-al-arabnounAlternative form of Shatt al-Arab. [A river in Southwest Iraq, formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and the Tigris; the southern end of the river constitutes the border between Iraq and Iran down to the mouth of the river as it discharges into the Persian Gulf.]
khaburnounA river in Turkey and Syria, the largest perennial tributary to the Euphrates.
atreknounA fast-moving river that begins in the mountains of northeastern Iran and flows westward, draining into the southeastern corner of the Caspian Sea in Turkmenistan.
persian iraqnoun(historical) A region corresponding to ancient Media or west of modern Iran; east of the so-called Arabian Iraq or Iraq-i Arab
marsh arabnounAn inhabitant of the Tigris-Euphrates marshlands in the south and east of Iraq or the Hoveyzieh marshes of southwest Iran. They include members of various different tribes and confederations.
araxesnounAlternative form of Araks. [A river in Turkey, Armenia, Iran and Azerbaijan and empties into Kura river.]
qezel ozannounA large river in northwestern Iran. It originates from the mountains of Kurdistan and discharges to the Caspian Sea.
etreknounAlternative form of Atrek (“river”). [A fast-moving river that begins in the mountains of northeastern Iran and flows westward, draining into the southeastern corner of the Caspian Sea in Turkmenistan.]
amu daryanounA major river in Central Asia, flowing along the borders of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, emptying into the (now mostly dry) Aral Sea; known in Classical times as the Oxus.
iaxartesnounThe Syr Darya river.
atraknounAlternative form of Atrek (“river”). [A fast-moving river that begins in the mountains of northeastern Iran and flows westward, draining into the southeastern corner of the Caspian Sea in Turkmenistan.]
iraqnounA country in West Asia in the Middle East. Official name: Republic of Iraq. Capital and largest city: Baghdad.

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