Iaxartes

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  1. 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?"

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syr darya

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"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?"

Etymology

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

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