Transoxiana

English

Etymology

From Latin Transoxiana, from trans (beyond) + Oxus (Amu Darya), literally “lands beyond Oxus”, ultimately after Arabic مَا وَراءَ النَّهْر (mā warāʔa n-nahr, literally what is beyond the river).

Proper noun

Transoxiana

  1. (historical) An ancient portion of Central Asia, the region between the Amu Darya (Classical Oxus) and Syr Darya rivers, corresponding approximately with modern-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and southwest Kazakhstan.
    • 1990, James D. Tracy, editor, The Rise of Merchant Empires[1], Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 358:
      The success of this trade depended upon the security of four areas- the oases south of the T'ien Shan mountains in the area known as Uyghuristan, the towns of Transoxiana, the cities of Persia, and the commercial centers of Turkey.

Synonyms

  • (region between Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers): Transoxania, Sogdiana

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Compound of trāns- +‎ Ōxus +‎ -iānus, thus meaning "the region beyond the Oxus (now Syrdarya) river".

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Trānsōxiāna f sg (genitive Trānsōxiānae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Transoxiana (a historical region in Central Asia)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Trānsōxiāna
genitive Trānsōxiānae
dative Trānsōxiānae
accusative Trānsōxiānam
ablative Trānsōxiānā
vocative Trānsōxiāna

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃.zok.siˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [tɾɐ̃.zok.sɪˈɐ̃.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /tɾɐ̃.zokˈsjɐ̃.nɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾɐ̃.zok.siˈɐ.na/ [tɾɐ̃.zok.sɪˈɐ.na], (faster pronunciation) /tɾɐ̃.zokˈsjɐ.na/
 

Proper noun

Transoxiana f

  1. (historical) Transoxiana (a historical region in Central Asia)