Euphrates

[ yoo-frey-teez ]

noun

1. 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. 1,700 miles (2,735 km) long.

Euphrates

/ juːˈfreɪtiːz /

noun

1. a river in SW Asia, rising in E Turkey and flowing south across Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris, forming the Shatt-al-Arab, which flows to the head of the Persian Gulf: important in ancient times for the extensive irrigation of its valley (in Mesopotamia). Length: 3598 km (2235 miles)

Other Words From

• Eu·phrate·an adjective
• trans-Eu·phrates adjective

Example Sentences

Identifying the watery nature of this early metropolis has important implications for how urban life flourished nearly 5,000 years ago between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, where modern-day Iraq lies.

From Science News

That is because for the most part of their existence, the Sumerians, as a people, were divided into various city-states and kingdoms mostly within the confines of Sumer – the region of southern Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

From Realm of History

Interestingly enough, as a means to deal with the mobility of the Mongol army, the Mamluks might have practiced the burning of dried grasslands north of the Euphrates river – thereby denying the main source of nourishment for the enemy horse herds.

From Realm of History

And then there is the ISIS video of Crawford splashing in the Euphrates as if he were a kid again.

From The Daily Beast

First, I sketched out a long oscillating ribbon running from the top left to the bottom right of the page: the Euphrates.

From The Daily Beast

And like civilization itself, it might all start on the banks of the Euphrates.

From The Daily Beast

He is the author of a blog called “ From the Potomac to the Euphrates” on CFR.org.

From The Daily Beast

Why did he quit the fruitful banks of the Euphrates for a spot so remote, so barren, and so stony as Sichem?

From Project Gutenberg

Two famous springs at modern Hit, on the Euphrates, have been drawn upon from time immemorial.

From Project Gutenberg

Originally Ea appears to have been a fish--the incarnation of the spirit of, or life principle in, the Euphrates River.

From Project Gutenberg

Certain beliefs, and the myths which were based upon them, are older than even the civilization of the Tigro-Euphrates valley.

From Project Gutenberg

Was there not the Euphrates, was there not the Tigris, the Aranes?

From Project Gutenberg