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    ARAXES

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     I. (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 Araxesplay

    Synonyms:

    Aras; Araxes

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

    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)

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