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Euphrates River

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Eu⋅phra⋅tes

  [yoo-frey-teez]
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–noun
a river in SW Asia, flowing from E Turkey through Syria and Iraq, joining the Tigris to form the Shatt-al-Arab near the Persian Gulf. 1700 mi. (2735 km) long.
Related forms:
Eu⋅phra⋅te⋅an, adjective
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Euphrates River [(yooh-fray-teez)]

River in southwestern Asia that flows through eastern Turkey, Syria, and Iraq before uniting with the Tigres River and emptying into the Persian Gulf.

Note: It was important in the development of many great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

Euphrates 
O.E. Eufrate, from Gk. Euphrates, from O.Pers. Ufratu, perhaps from Avestan huperethuua "good to cross over," from hu- "good" + peretu- "ford." But Kent says "probably a popular etymologizing in O.P. of a local non-Iranian name" ["Old Persian," p.176]. In Akkadian, purattu.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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