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Araxes

American  
[uh-rak-seez] / əˈræk siz /

noun

  1. ancient name of Aras.


Araxes British  
/ əˈræksiːz /

noun

  1. the ancient name for the Aras

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By 2006, the cemetery had been smashed to pieces, with ancient grave markers dumped into the Araxes River, according to a report by Pickman in Archaeology magazine.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2020

To the east peasants watched their flocks in the valley of Araxes, allegedly the valley created "Eden" by Jehovah.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then Hystaspes went over the Araxes on his way back to Persia, to keep his son under guard for Cyrus.

From The History of Antiquity Vol. VI. (vol. VI. of VI.) by Duncker, Max

Araxes I take to be a Græcism, and the Mod. name Aras to show the proper form.

From The River-Names of Europe by Ferguson, Robert

Our gunner is appointed to the Araxes, and the admiral has given me a gunner’s warrant for old Swinburne.

From Peter Simple by Marryat, Frederick