Transeuphratean
English
Alternative forms
- Transeuphrataean, Transeuphratæan (archaic)
Etymology
From Latin Trānseuphrātaeus + -an. By surface analysis, trans- + Euphratean.
Adjective
Transeuphratean (not comparable)
- 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').
- 1848, Dissertations on the Genuineness of Daniel[1], page 504:
- The reference to the Transeuphratean nations is much more likely […]
- 1955, André Parrot, The Temple of Jerusalem, page 70:
- […] Transeuphratean satrapy […]
- 1956, Arnold Joseph Toynbee, A Study of History[2], volume 6, page 198:
- […] Transeuphratean conquests […]
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