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Euphrates River

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Noun1.Euphrates RiverEuphrates River - a river in southwestern Asia; flows into the Persian Gulf; was important in the development of several great civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia
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Al-Iraq, Irak, Iraq, Republic of Iraq - a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq
Syria, Syrian Arab Republic - an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean; site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization
Republic of Turkey, Turkey - a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923
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Tradition has it that Addai was sent there by Thomas the Apostle, that Addai converted Mari, and that the latter evangelized along the Euphrates River.
This, too, is my body: when does the consecration happen? by Plaiss, Mark / Commonweal
Fallujah is about 40 kilometers west of Baghdad on the Euphrates River and has a civilian population of about 250,000--only an estimated 1,500 of whom remained in the city during the battle.
Second Battle of Fallujah--urban operations in a new kind of war by Hollis, Patrecia Slayden / FA Journal
The operation disrupted insurgent activity along the northern and southern banks of the Euphrates River near Ubaydi.
Griffins fly Iraqi soldiers into battle by Tiernan, Cullen J. / Naval Aviation News
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