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- Arabic · derived fromشَطّ اَلْعَرَب
- English todayShatt al-Arab
From Arabic شَطّ اَلْعَرَب (šaṭṭ al-ʕarab, literally “stream of the Arabs”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shatt al-Arab
Today it means: A river in Southwest Iraq, formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and the Tigris; the southern end of the river constitutes the border between Iraq and Iran down to the mouth of the river as it discharges into the Persian Gulf. Full definition →
Arabic شَطّ اَلْعَرَب