Iaxartes

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proper noun

The Syr Darya river.

OriginLatin Iaxartes ← Ancient Greek Ἰαξάρτης ← Old Persian [Term?] →
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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Jaxartes

  1. The Syr Darya river.

    I would examine the Caspian Sea, and see where and how it exonerates itself, after it hath taken in Volga, Iaxartes, Oxus, and those great rivers; at the mouth of Obi, or where?

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 2, member 3

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
syr darya

Origin

  1. Old Persian[Term?]
  2. Ancient GreekἸαξάρτης
  3. LatinIaxartes
  4. EnglishIaxartes

From Latin Iaxartes, from Ancient Greek Ἰαξάρτης (Iaxártēs), from Old Persian [Term?].

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Iaxartes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Iaxartes

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