Bactrian
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
By 327BC, Alexander the Great had conquered the region and married a Bactrian woman named Roxana, after defeating the Achaemenid ruler.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2024
Their observations suggest the Kushan script records a language that developed mid-way between Bactrian and a language known as Khotanese Saka that was spoken in ancient western China.
From Scientific American • Jul. 19, 2023
Though his Bactrian wife Roxane was pregnant when he died, Alexander had made no arrangements for a successor.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
A two-humped Bactrian camel can weigh more than 2,000 pounds.
From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2021
The domestic animals that were ridden were the horse, donkey, yak, reindeer, and Arabian and Bactrian camels.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
