"Euphrates" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /juːˈfɹeɪtiːz/ Audio: en-us-Euphrates.ogg [US] Forms: the Euphrates [canonical]
Rhymes: -eɪtiz Etymology: From Latin Euphrātēs, from Ancient Greek Εὐφράτης (Euphrátēs), from Old Persian 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 (u-f-r-a-tu-u /⁠ʰUfrātuš⁠/), from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (^(ÍD)Purattu), from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (^(ÍD)Buranun) (compare Elamite 𒌑𒅁𒊏𒌅𒅖 (ú-ip-ra-du-iš), Classical Syriac ܦܪܬ (P(ə)rāṯ)). The Elamite, Akkadian, and possibly Sumerian forms are either from an unrecorded substrate language, or from Proto-Sumerian *𒁍𒍏 burudu "copper" (Sumerian 𒍏 (urudu)) with an explanation that Euphrates was the river by which the copper ore was transported in rafts, since Mesopotamia was the center of copper metallurgy at the period. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|Euphrātēs}} Latin Euphrātēs, {{der|en|grc|Εὐφράτης}} Ancient Greek Εὐφράτης (Euphrátēs), {{der|en|peo|𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢|ts=ʰUfrātuš}} Old Persian 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 (u-f-r-a-tu-u /⁠ʰUfrātuš⁠/), {{der|en|akk|𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣|tr=^(ÍD)Purattu}} Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (^(ÍD)Purattu), {{der|en|sux|𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣|tr=^(ÍD)Buranun}} Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (^(ÍD)Buranun), {{cog|elx|𒌑𒅁𒊏𒌅𒅖|tr=ú-ip-ra-du-iš}} Elamite 𒌑𒅁𒊏𒌅𒅖 (ú-ip-ra-du-iš), {{cog|syc|ܦܪܬ|sc=Syrc|tr=P(ə)rāṯ}} Classical Syriac ܦܪܬ (P(ə)rāṯ), {{m|sux|𒍏|tr=urudu}} 𒍏 (urudu) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=the Euphrates}} the Euphrates
  1. The river in the Middle East, 2780 kilometers in length, flowing southwest from Turkey, then southeast, and uniting with the Tigris before entering the Persian Gulf. It forms the Western edge of classical Mesopotamia. Wikipedia link: Euphrates Categories (place): Rivers in Iraq, Rivers in Syria, Rivers in Turkey Derived forms: Euphratean Related terms: Mesopotamia, Tigris Translations (river in the Middle East): 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (Purattu) (Akkadian), ኤፍራጥስ (ʾefraṭs) (Amharic), Εὐφράτης (Euphrátēs) (Ancient Greek), اَلْفُرَات (al-furāt) [masculine] (Arabic), ܦܪܬ (alt: P(ə)rāṯ) [Classical-Syriac, masculine] (Aramaic), Եփրատ (Epʻrat) (Armenian), Fərat (Azerbaijani), ফোরাত (phōrat) (Bengali), Ефра́т (Efrát) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Eufrates [masculine] (Catalan), 幼發拉底河 (Chinese Mandarin), 幼发拉底河 (Yòufālādǐ Hé) (Chinese Mandarin), Eufrat [masculine] (Czech), Eufrat (Danish), Eufraat (Dutch), 𒌑𒅁𒊏𒌅𒅖 (ú-ip-ra-tu-iš) (Elamite), Eŭfrato (Esperanto), Eufrat (Finnish), Euphrate [masculine] (French), Eufrates [masculine] (Galician), ევფრატი (evpraṭi) (Georgian), Euphrat [masculine] (German), Ευφράτης (Effrátis) (Greek), פְּרָת (P'rát) (Hebrew), फ़रात (farāt) (Hindi), Eufrátesz (Hungarian), Efrat (Icelandic), Efrat (Indonesian), Eofrait (Irish), Eufrate [masculine] (Italian), ユーフラテス川 (Yūfuratesu-gawa) (Japanese), ꦌꦥ꦳ꦿꦠ꧀ (Éfrat) (Javanese), Евфрат (Evfrat) (Kazakh), 유프라테스 강 (english: Yupeurateseu gang) (Korean), Euphrates (Latin), Eufrates (Latin), Ufrate (Lingala), Euphrates (Malay), യൂഫ്രട്ടീസ് (yūphraṭṭīsŭ) (Malayalam), 𐭯𐭫𐭠𐭲𐭩 (Prāt, Frād) (Middle Persian), ევფრატი (evpraṭi) (Mingrelian), Евфрат (Jevfrat) (Mongolian), Firat [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), Eufrátes (Old Norse), 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢𐏁 (ʰUfrātuš) (Old Persian), فرات (forât) (Persian), Eufrat [masculine] (Polish), Eufrates [masculine] (Portuguese), ਫ਼ਰਾਤ (farāt) (Punjabi), Eufrat (Romanian), Евфра́т (Jevfrát) [masculine] (Russian), Еуфрат [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Eufrat [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Eufrat [masculine] (Slovak), Furaat (Somali), Eufrates [masculine] (Spanish), Éufrates [masculine] (Spanish), 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (alt: ^(íd)Buranun) (Sumerian), Frati (Swahili), Eufrat (Swedish), Еуфратес (Yeufrates) (Tajik), Фурот (Furot) (Tajik), புராத்து (purāttu) (Tamil), Yefrat (Tatar), Yufretis (Tok Pisin), Fırat (Turkish), Evfrat (Uzbek), Ufrate (Walloon), Eufroat (West Flemish)

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          "code": "akk",
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          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
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          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "Epʻrat",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Եփրատ"
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          "code": "az",
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          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Fərat"
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          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
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          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "ফোরাত"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "幼發拉底河"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Yòufālādǐ Hé",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "幼发拉底河"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Eufrat"
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        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Eufrat"
        },
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Eufraat"
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          "code": "elx",
          "lang": "Elamite",
          "roman": "ú-ip-ra-tu-iš",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "𒌑𒅁𒊏𒌅𒅖"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Eŭfrato"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Eufrat"
        },
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Euphrate"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Eufrates"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "evpraṭi",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "ევფრატი"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Euphrat"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "Effrátis",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Ευφράτης"
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          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
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          "word": "פְּרָת"
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          "code": "hi",
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          "roman": "farāt",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "फ़रात"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Eufrátesz"
        },
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Efrat"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Efrat"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Eofrait"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Eufrate"
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "Yūfuratesu-gawa",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "ユーフラテス川"
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          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "roman": "Éfrat",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "ꦌꦥ꦳ꦿꦠ꧀"
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "Evfrat",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Евфрат"
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          "code": "ko",
          "english": "Yupeurateseu gang",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "유프라테스 강"
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        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Firat"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Euphrates"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Eufrates"
        },
        {
          "code": "ln",
          "lang": "Lingala",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Ufrate"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Euphrates"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "yūphraṭṭīsŭ",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "യൂഫ്രട്ടീസ്"
        },
        {
          "code": "pal",
          "lang": "Middle Persian",
          "roman": "Prāt, Frād",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "𐭯𐭫𐭠𐭲𐭩"
        },
        {
          "code": "xmf",
          "lang": "Mingrelian",
          "roman": "evpraṭi",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "ევფრატი"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "Jevfrat",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Евфрат"
        },
        {
          "code": "non",
          "lang": "Old Norse",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Eufrátes"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "forât",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "فرات"
        },
        {
          "code": "peo",
          "lang": "Old Persian",
          "roman": "ʰUfrātuš",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢𐏁"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Eufrat"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Eufrates"
        },
        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "farāt",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "ਫ਼ਰਾਤ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Eufrat"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "Jevfrát",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Евфра́т"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Еуфрат"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Eufrat"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Eufrat"
        },
        {
          "code": "so",
          "lang": "Somali",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Furaat"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Eufrates"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Éufrates"
        },
        {
          "alt": "^(íd)Buranun",
          "code": "sux",
          "lang": "Sumerian",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Frati"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Eufrat"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "Yeufrates",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Еуфратес"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "Furot",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Фурот"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "purāttu",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "புராத்து"
        },
        {
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Yefrat"
        },
        {
          "code": "tpi",
          "lang": "Tok Pisin",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Yufretis"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Fırat"
        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Evfrat"
        },
        {
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Ufrate"
        },
        {
          "code": "vls",
          "lang": "West Flemish",
          "sense": "river in the Middle East",
          "word": "Eufroat"
        }
      ],
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        "Euphrates"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/juːˈfɹeɪtiːz/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪtiz"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-Euphrates.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/En-us-Euphrates.ogg/En-us-Euphrates.ogg.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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}
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    {
      "word": "Euphratean"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "la",
        "3": "Euphrātēs"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "Εὐφράτης"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "peo",
        "3": "𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old Persian 𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢 (u-f-r-a-tu-u /⁠ʰUfrātuš⁠/)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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        "2": "akk",
        "3": "𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣",
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      },
      "expansion": "Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (^(ÍD)Purattu)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sux",
        "3": "𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣",
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      },
      "expansion": "Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣 (^(ÍD)Buranun)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "elx",
        "2": "𒌑𒅁𒊏𒌅𒅖",
        "tr": "ú-ip-ra-du-iš"
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      "expansion": "Elamite 𒌑𒅁𒊏𒌅𒅖 (ú-ip-ra-du-iš)",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sux",
        "2": "𒍏",
        "tr": "urudu"
      },
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      "name": "m"
    }
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    {
      "form": "the Euphrates",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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    }
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      "args": {
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      },
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    }
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  "pos": "name",
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    {
      "word": "Mesopotamia"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tigris"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Akkadian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Amharic terms with redundant script codes",
        "Classical Syriac terms with redundant script codes",
        "English 3-syllable words",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English exonyms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English proper nouns",
        "English terms derived from Akkadian",
        "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Old Persian",
        "English terms derived from Sumerian",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Javanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Kazakh terms with redundant script codes",
        "Malayalam terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Middle Persian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Mongolian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Old Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Old Persian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Punjabi terms with redundant script codes",
        "Rhymes:English/eɪtiz",
        "Rhymes:English/eɪtiz/3 syllables",
        "Serbo-Croatian terms with redundant script codes",
        "Sumerian terms with redundant script codes",
        "en:Rivers in Iraq",
        "en:Rivers in Syria",
        "en:Rivers in Turkey"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The river in the Middle East, 2780 kilometers in length, flowing southwest from Turkey, then southeast, and uniting with the Tigris before entering the Persian Gulf. It forms the Western edge of classical Mesopotamia."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Middle East",
          "Middle East"
        ],
        [
          "Turkey",
          "Turkey"
        ],
        [
          "Tigris",
          "Tigris"
        ],
        [
          "Persian Gulf",
          "Persian Gulf"
        ],
        [
          "Mesopotamia",
          "Mesopotamia"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Euphrates"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/juːˈfɹeɪtiːz/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪtiz"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-Euphrates.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/69/En-us-Euphrates.ogg/En-us-Euphrates.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/En-us-Euphrates.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "akk",
      "lang": "Akkadian",
      "roman": "Purattu",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣"
    },
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "ʾefraṭs",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "ኤፍራጥስ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "al-furāt",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اَلْفُرَات"
    },
    {
      "alt": "P(ə)rāṯ",
      "code": "syc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Syriac",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ܦܪܬ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Epʻrat",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Եփրատ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Fərat"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "phōrat",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "ফোরাত"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Efrát",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ефра́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Eufrates"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "幼發拉底河"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Yòufālādǐ Hé",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "幼发拉底河"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Eufrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Eufrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Eufraat"
    },
    {
      "code": "elx",
      "lang": "Elamite",
      "roman": "ú-ip-ra-tu-iš",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "𒌑𒅁𒊏𒌅𒅖"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Eŭfrato"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Eufrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Euphrate"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Eufrates"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "evpraṭi",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "ევფრატი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Euphrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Effrátis",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Ευφράτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "Euphrátēs",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Εὐφράτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "P'rát",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "פְּרָת"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "farāt",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "फ़रात"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Eufrátesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Efrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Efrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Eofrait"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Eufrate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Yūfuratesu-gawa",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "ユーフラテス川"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "roman": "Éfrat",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "ꦌꦥ꦳ꦿꦠ꧀"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "Evfrat",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Евфрат"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "english": "Yupeurateseu gang",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "유프라테스 강"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Firat"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Euphrates"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Eufrates"
    },
    {
      "code": "ln",
      "lang": "Lingala",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Ufrate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Euphrates"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "yūphraṭṭīsŭ",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "യൂഫ്രട്ടീസ്"
    },
    {
      "code": "pal",
      "lang": "Middle Persian",
      "roman": "Prāt, Frād",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "𐭯𐭫𐭠𐭲𐭩"
    },
    {
      "code": "xmf",
      "lang": "Mingrelian",
      "roman": "evpraṭi",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "ევფრატი"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "Jevfrat",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Евфрат"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Eufrátes"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "forât",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "فرات"
    },
    {
      "code": "peo",
      "lang": "Old Persian",
      "roman": "ʰUfrātuš",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "𐎢𐎳𐎼𐎠𐎬𐎢𐏁"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Eufrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Eufrates"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "farāt",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "ਫ਼ਰਾਤ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Eufrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Jevfrát",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Евфра́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Еуфрат"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Eufrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Eufrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "so",
      "lang": "Somali",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Furaat"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Eufrates"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Éufrates"
    },
    {
      "alt": "^(íd)Buranun",
      "code": "sux",
      "lang": "Sumerian",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "𒀀𒇉𒌓𒄒𒉣"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Frati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Eufrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Yeufrates",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Еуфратес"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Furot",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Фурот"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "purāttu",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "புராத்து"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Yefrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tpi",
      "lang": "Tok Pisin",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Yufretis"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Fırat"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Evfrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Ufrate"
    },
    {
      "code": "vls",
      "lang": "West Flemish",
      "sense": "river in the Middle East",
      "word": "Eufroat"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Euphrates"
}

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