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bactra

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Bac⋅tra

  [bak-truh]
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–noun
ancient name of Balkh.

Bac⋅tri⋅a

  [bak-tree-uh]
–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

Balkh

  [bahlkh]
–noun
a town in N Afghanistan: capital of ancient Bactria; center of Zoroastrianism.
Ancient, Bactra.
Also called Wazirabad.
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Bac·tra   (bāk'trə)   
See Balkh.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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