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BACTRIAN

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Bac⋅tri⋅a

  [bak-tree-uh]
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–noun
an ancient country in W Asia, between the Oxus River and the Hindu Kush Mountains. Capital: Bactra.
Related forms:
Bac⋅tri⋅an, adjective, noun
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Bac·tri·an   (bāk'trē-ən)   
adj.  Of or relating to Bactria or its people, language, or culture.
n.  

  1. A native or inhabitant of Bactria.

  2. The Middle Iranian language of the Bactrians, known from scattered inscriptions and legal documents extending into the Islamic period.

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Word Origin & History

Bactrian 
type of camel, 1601, from L. Bactria, ancient region in what is now northwestern Afghanistan, lit. "the western province," from Pers. bakhtar "the west."
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