| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 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.[Wordnet]. | |
Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | Top | |
"Araxes" is a common misspelling or typo for: arises, arcades, praxes, aerates, arrases, arêtes, abrades, rexes. |
Date "Araxes" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1671. (references) |
Specialty Definition: Araxes
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Antiquities | Araxes (Araxês). The name of several rivers. (1) In Armenia, rising in Mt. Aba or Abus, joining the Cyrus, and falling with it into the Caspian Sea. The Araxes was proverbial for the force of its current. (2) In Mesopotamia. (3) In Persia, the river on which Persepolis stood, flowing into a salt lake not far below that city. (4) It is doubtful whether the Araxes of Herodotus is the same as the Oxus, Iaxartes, or Volga. (5) The Peneus in Thessaly. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
