What does "transeuphratean" mean?

Of or relating to the lands west of the Euphrates that were incorporated into the Assyrian, Babylonian and later Achaemenid province of Eber-Nari (from Akkadian meaning 'Beyond the River, i.e. the Euphrates').

Transeuphratean

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Of or relating to the lands west of the Euphrates that were incorporated into the Assyrian, Babylonian and later Achaemenid province of Eber-Nari (from Akkadian meaning 'Beyond the River, i.e. the Euphrates'). not-comparable
"The reference to the Transeuphratean nations is much more likely […]"

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Etymology

From Latin Trānseuphrātaeus + -an. By surface analysis, trans- + Euphratean.

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