ARAXES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Araxes mean? 

• ARAXES (noun)
  The noun ARAXES has 1 sense:

1. a river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea; ancient name was Araxes

  Familiarity information: ARAXES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARAXES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea; ancient name was Araxes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Aras; Araxes

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Araxes" is a part of...):

Armenia; Hayastan; Republic of Armenia (a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet; modern Armenia is but a fragment of ancient Armenia which was one of the world's oldest civilizations; throughout 2500 years the Armenian people have been invaded and oppressed by their neighbors)

Republic of Turkey; Turkey (a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923)