Euphrateanadj.
/juːˈfreɪtɪən/ Of, pertaining to, or bordering on the river Euphrates.
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1877 J. W. Dawson Origin of World xii. 253 This primitive Cushite empire called Ethiopia..occupied the Euphratean valley.
1902 D. G. Hogarth Nearer East 220 Trade between east and west has deserted the painful Euphratean routes.
1902 D. G. Hogarth Nearer East 222 The route taken by the Persian haj, after visiting the Euphratean shrines.
1934 A. Toynbee Study of Hist. II. 385 The Nilotic and Euphratean jungle-swamps.
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