Orontes

[ aw-ron-teez, oh-ron- ]

noun

1. a river in W Asia, flowing N from Lebanon through NW Syria and then SW past Antioch, Turkey, to the Mediterranean. 250 miles (405 km) long.

Orontes

/ ɒˈrɒntiːz /

noun

1. a river in SW Asia, rising in Lebanon and flowing north through Syria into Turkey, where it turns west to the Mediterranean. Length: 571 km (355 miles) Arabic name`Asi

Example Sentences

Back down along the Orontes, very early the day before, my friend dropped me off on a dirt track by a copse of trees.

From The Daily Beast

The Turkish farmers take irrigation water from the Orontes via steel pipes.

From The Daily Beast

It is well supplied from a very large fertile tract of country, through which the Orontes flows with numerous windings.

From Project Gutenberg

In going through the narrow pass which leads over the Orontes, the horses of your mother's carriage slipped.

From Project Gutenberg

Neither the Orontes nor the Litany has any important affluent.

From Project Gutenberg

He paused a moment near the torso representing the river Orontes, and gazed out of the window.

From Project Gutenberg

One of this sort stood in Syria upon the river Typhon, called afterwards Orontes.

From Project Gutenberg