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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AMU DARYA

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PRONUNCIATION OF AMU DARYA

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMU DARYA

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Amu Darya is a noun.
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WHAT DOES AMU DARYA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Amu Darya

Amu Darya

The Amu Darya, also called Amu River, is a major river in Central Asia. It is formed by the junction of the Vakhsh and Panj rivers and flows into the Aral Sea. In ancient times, the river was regarded as the boundary between Greater Iran and Turan.

Definition of Amu Darya in the English dictionary

The definition of Amu Darya in the dictionary is a river in central Asia, rising in the Pamirs and flowing northwest through the Hindu Kush and across Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan to its delta in the Aral Sea: forms much of the N border of Afghanistan and is important for irrigation. Length: 2400 km Ancient name: Oxus.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMU DARYA

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WORDS THAT END LIKE AMU DARYA

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Synonyms and antonyms of Amu Darya in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Amu Darya» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AMU DARYA

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The translations of Amu Darya from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Amu Darya» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

阿姆河
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Amu Darya
570 millions of speakers

English

Amu Darya
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अमू दरिया
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

أمو داريا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Амударья
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

amu Darya
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আমু দারিয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Amu Darya
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Amu Darya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

amu Darya
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アムダリア川
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아무 다리아 (Amu Darya)
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Amu Darya
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Amu Darya
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அமு தரியா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अमू दरिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Amu Darya
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

amu Darya
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

amu Darya
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Амудар´я
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Amu Darya
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

amu Darya
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Amu Darja
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

amu Darya
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Amu Darya
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Amu Darya

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AMU DARYA»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AMU DARYA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Amu Darya

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMU DARYA»

Discover the use of Amu Darya in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Amu Darya and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Water Resource Development in Northern Afganistan and Its ...
The Amu Darya's average annual flow is about 75 bcm, ranging up to 108 bcm in high- water years (in 5 percent of years, the flow exceeds this level) and below 47 bcm in low-water years (in 95 percent of years, flow exceeds this level).
Masood Ahmad, Mahwash Wasiq, 2004
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The Emir of Bokhara and His Country: Journeys and Studies in ...
Journeys and Studies in Bokhara (with a Chapter on My Voyage on the Amu Darya to Khiva) Ole Olufsen. Page Wood of tamarisks on the left bank of the Amu Darya 153 "Togai" (wood) on the right bank of the Amu Darya near Kiptshak 155  ...
Ole Olufsen, 1911
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The Passage of the Water of the Amu-Darya by Its Old Bed ...
Lieutenant-General Alexandr Ivanovitch Gloukhovskoy was Chief of the Expedition.
Alexandr Ivanovitch Gloukhovskoy, 2004
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Fish and Fisheries at Higher Altitudes: Asia
Upper Amu Darya; Panj; Bamian In lakes along the Amu Darya up to above Turtkul Amu Darya up to Pitnyak Murgab River; upper Amu Darya Amu Darya above Termez; Qonduz; Khanabad Kabul River Kabul River SE Iran; Swat R. ( Pakistan); ...
T. Petr, 1999
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Afghanistan: The land
Afghanistan's main rivers are the Kabul, Amu Darya, Hari, and Helmand. Of these , only the Kabul and Amu Darya reach the sea. The Kabul flows east into the Indus River, in Pakistan, and then into the Arabian Sea. The Amu Darya flows west ...
Erinn Banting, 2002
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
... Schloss Oberschwappach (Knetzgau, Germany) Amtsschloss Oberschwappach (Knetzgau, Germany) USE Schloss Oberschwappach ( Knetzgau, Germany) Amu Darya UF Amu Darya River [Former heading] Amudar' ya Amudaryo Amyderya ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2006
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Regional Symposium on Sustainable Development of Inland ...
In Uzbekistan all four major rivers, i.e. Syr-Darya, Zeravshan, Kashka-Darya and Amu-Darya, and their tributaries have been regulated and have storage reservoirs for irrigation, the total area of which is 5894 km (Kamilov, 1995, in press).
T. Petr, Mary Morris, 1995
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Rivers of the World: A Social, Geographical, and ...
The source of the Amu Darya, known to the ancient world as the River Oxus, lies in the confluence of two large headstreams, the Pyandzh and Vaksh, which drain glaciers of the Pamirs on the flank of the world's highest mountains. The upper ...
James R. Penn, 2001
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Interstate Water Resource Risk Management: Towards a ...
A forward look on managing water resources in the Amu Darya basin require both the consideration of current water resources as well as the existence of an enormous water infrastructure. Two major rivers flow into and feed the Aral Sea, the ...
Oliver Olsson, Melanie Bauer, 2010
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Travels in Transoxiana: In Lands Over the Hindu-Kush and ...
This is the wellspring of those irresistible forces which had built an empire in our country and also knocked on the gates of Christendom in Vienna.
Jaswant Singh, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMU DARYA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Amu Darya is used in the context of the following news items.
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Burkas a boon to British bandits: DiManno
The rest of us simply clambered aboard a barge that crossed the Amu Darya from Tajikistan, into the welcoming arms of the Northern Alliance. «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
2
Ukrainian company builds bridges in Turkmenistan
"The president reviewed the stands with the technical specifications and the future shape of the bridges across the Amu Darya river on the ... «Trend News Agency, Jun 15»
3
Can India board Kabul Express?
... the rugged Afghan territory — the former after the ignominy of the Amu Darya moment and the latter out of a honed sense of self-preservation. «The Asian Age, Jun 15»
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Uzbekistan burns Afghan drugs seized en route to Russia, Europe
"There is also direct trafficking from Afghanistan, but a shorter border and natural obstacle – the Amu Darya river along the border - make it ... «Yahoo News, Jun 15»
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Ghani's Great Gamble
Considerable blood has flown down the Amu Darya and many limbs across the Khyber Pass have been blown off as Afghanistan is charting ... «The Statesman, Jun 15»
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Afghanistan: A Platform for Cooperation between India and China?
Indeed, with $5 billion of Chinese investment in the Ainak copper mine and the Amu Darya oil basin, and $10 billion of Indian investment in the ... «RUSI Analysis, Jun 15»
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Growing Calls to Fix City's Water Rates
... problems along Central Asia's key Amu Darya river and food scarcity in the Brahmaputra basin running through Tibet, Bangladesh and India. «City Limits, Jun 15»
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Keep foreign hands off Afghanistan
In 2007 China agreed to invest US$4.4 billion in the Aynak Copper Mine, and, in 2011, invest $400 million in the Amu Darya Basin to explore ... «The Conversation US, Jun 15»
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Thirsty Yet? Central Asia's Coming Water Crisis
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan sit upriver on the Amu Darya and Syr Darya, the region's two main rivers upon which Uzbekistan relies for water ... «The Diplomat, Jun 15»
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Amu Darya gas exports to China hit 110 bcm
The Amu Darya project in Turkmenistan has exported 110 billion cubic metres of gas to China since it came online in 2009, according to CNPC. «Interfax Global Energy, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Amu Darya [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/amu-darya>. Apr 2024 ».
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