Old English · proper noun
Eufrates
- Part of speech
- proper noun, feminine
- Modern English
- euphrates
Meaning
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The Euphrates (a river in the Middle East)
Þonne west frām Tigris þǣre īe oþ Eufrates þā ēa, þonne betweox þǣm ēan syndan þās land Babylonia, and Caldea, and Mesopotamia.
Then west from the River Tigris to the River Euphrates, then between the rivers are the lands of Babylon, Chaldea, and Mesopotamia
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Εὐφράτης (Euphrátēs), from Old Persian (ʰUfrātuš), from Akkadian (purattu), itself from Sumerian (^(ÍD)Buranun).
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