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Bac⋅tri⋅a

[bak-tree-uh]
–noun
an ancient country in W Asia, between the Oxus River and the Hindu Kush Mountains. Capital: Bactra.

Bac⋅tri⋅an, adjective, noun
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Bac·tri·a   (bāk'trē-ə)   
An ancient country of southwest Asia. It was an eastern province of the Persian Empire before its conquest by the Greeks in 328 B.C. The kingdom was destroyed c. 130 B.C. by nomadic tribes.
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