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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Euphrates
    n 1: a river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf;
         was important in the development of several great
         civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia [syn: Euphrates,
         Euphrates River]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Euphrates \Euphrates\ prop. n.
   an Asia river flowing into the Persian Gulf.

   Syn: Euphrates River.
        [WordNet 1.5]

3. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Euphrates
   Hebrew, Perath; Assyrian, Purat; Persian cuneiform, Ufratush,
   whence Greek Euphrates, meaning "sweet water." The Assyrian name
   means "the stream," or "the great stream." It is generally
   called in the Bible simply "the river" (Ex. 23:31), or "the
   great river" (Deut. 1:7).
   
     The Euphrates is first mentioned in Gen. 2:14 as one of the
   rivers of Paradise. It is next mentioned in connection with the
   covenant which God entered into with Abraham (15:18), when he
   promised to his descendants the land from the river of Egypt to
   the river Euphrates (comp. Deut. 11:24; Josh. 1:4), a covenant
   promise afterwards fulfilled in the extended conquests of David
   (2 Sam. 8:2-14; 1 Chr. 18:3; 1 Kings 4:24). It was then the
   boundary of the kingdom to the north-east. In the ancient
   history of Assyria, and Babylon, and Egypt many events are
   recorded in which mention is made of the "great river." Just as
   the Nile represented in prophecy the power of Egypt, so the
   Euphrates represented the Assyrian power (Isa. 8:7; Jer. 2:18).
   
     It is by far the largest and most important of all the rivers
   of Western Asia. From its source in the Armenian mountains to
   the Persian Gulf, into which it empties itself, it has a course
   of about 1,700 miles. It has two sources, (1) the Frat or
   Kara-su (i.e., "the black river"), which rises 25 miles
   north-east of Erzeroum; and (2) the Muradchai (i.e., "the river
   of desire"), which rises near Ararat, on the northern slope of
   Ala-tagh. At Kebban Maden, 400 miles from the source of the
   former, and 270 from that of the latter, they meet and form the
   majestic stream, which is at length joined by the Tigris at
   Koornah, after which it is called Shat-el-Arab, which runs in a
   deep and broad stream for above 140 miles to the sea. It is
   estimated that the alluvium brought down by these rivers
   encroaches on the sea at the rate of about one mile in thirty
   years.
   

4. Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
Euphrates, that makes fruitful


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