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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SYR DARYA

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PRONUNCIATION OF SYR DARYA

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SYR DARYA

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Syr Darya is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SYR DARYA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Syr Darya

Syr Darya

The Syr Darya, also transliterated Syrdarya or Sirdaryo, is a river in Central Asia. The second part of the name means river, though "Syr Darya River" is the conventional name. The current name dates only from the 18th century; since roughly the Muslim Conquests of Central Asia the river was known as the Seyhun River, i.e., one of the four rivers of Jannah, or paradise. Prior to the coming of Islam to Central Asia, the river's name is recorded by several sources, including those relating to Alexander the Great as the Jaxartes River.

Definition of Syr Darya in the English dictionary

The definition of Syr Darya in the dictionary is a river in central Asia, formed from two headstreams rising in the Tian Shan: flows generally west to the Aral Sea: the longest river in central Asia. Length: 2900 km Ancient name: Jaxartes.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SYR DARYA

SYR
Syr.
Syracuse
Syrah
syrette
Syria
Syriac
Syrian
syringa
syringe
syringeal
syringes
syringitis
syringomyelia
syringomyelic
syringotomy
syrinx
syrphid
syrtis
Syrtis Major

WORDS THAT END LIKE SYR DARYA

acharya
Amu Darya
Antalya
Catalunya
garrya
Gaya
hoya
Jaya
Kenya
Konya
Libya
Maurya
maya
Oriya
ouguiya
playa
rya
Shankaracharya
Surabaya
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Synonyms and antonyms of Syr Darya in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Syr Darya» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SYR DARYA

Find out the translation of Syr Darya to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Syr 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 «Syr Darya» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

锡尔河
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Syr Darya
570 millions of speakers

English

Syr Darya
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

SYR दरिया
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

سير داريا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Сырдарья
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Syr Darya
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সিরা দারিয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Syr-Daria
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Syr Darya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Syr Darya
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シルダリヤ川
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시르 다리 야
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Syr Darya
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

syr Darya
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிர டரியா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सिर दरिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Syr Darya
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Syr Darya
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Syr Darya
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Сирдар´я
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Syr Darya
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Συρ Ντάρια
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

SYR Darja
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Syr Darya
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Syr Darya
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Syr Darya

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SYR DARYA»

The term «Syr Darya» is normally little used and occupies the 122.986 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SYR DARYA» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SYR DARYA»

Discover the use of Syr Darya in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Syr Darya and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Water Productivity in the Syr-Darya River Basin
DWMOs, 8 WUAs, 43 CCFs and 47 PPFs from the 6 provinces (2 from Kyrgyzstan , 1 from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan and 2 from Kazakhstan) of the 4 states of the SRB. Head, tail and middle reaches of the SRB were represented by an equal ...
‎2003
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Environmental Problems of Central Asia and Their Economic, ...
Sources of pollution of the Syr Darya In the Syr Darya basin, irrigated land totals about 2 million hectares, and channels with a total volume of water fence of 23.12 km3/year are constructed for irrigation. On needs of irrigation of water fence ...
Jiaguo Qi, Kyle Evered, 2008
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Rivers of the World: A Social, Geographical, and ...
This key region in the upper course of the Syr Darya was divided between the Uzbek and Kyrgiz socialist republics during the era of the Soviet Union. Alexander the Great in his conquest of Persia reached the river in approximately 329 B.C. ...
James R. Penn, 2001
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Irrigation in the Countries of the Former Soviet Union in ...
FIGURE 2 Internal renewable surface water resources by major river basin Total: 9.54 km3/year The Syr Darya basin in the north, covering 13.5% of the territory. The main Syr Darya River can be divided into three reaches: the upper reach in ...
‎1997
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Mammals of the Soviet Union, Volume 2 Part 2 Carnivora ...
Along the Syr-Darya tigers were found from the estuary to the Ferghana valley. Along the right tributary of the Syr-Darya, i.e., Chirchik, they were encountered as far as Tashkent (tigers lived permanently in the immediate proximity of the town in  ...
V. G. Heptner, 1992
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Water Resource Development in Northern Afganistan and Its ...
This Decree specified minimum inflow to the deltas of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya and to the Aral Sea (including drainage waters) as follows: 8.7 km3 in 1990; 1 1 km3 in 1995; 15 km3 in 2000; and 20 km3 by 2005. The Decree further  ...
Masood Ahmad, Mahwash Wasiq, 2004
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Looking Beyond the Horizon: How Climate Change Impacts and ...
example is shown in figure 3.9, for improvements in water-use efficiency in two parts of the Syr Darya basin. In the three basins where water shortages are likely — Amu Darya, Syr Darya East, and Syr Darya West—researchers examined ...
William R. Sutton, Jitendra P. Srivastava, James E. Neumann, 2013
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Discovering the World of Geography, Grades 7 - 8: Includes ...
The Amu Darya River and Syr Darya River had flowed for centuries from the mountains into the landlocked Aral Sea. The water level of this landlocked sea has been dependent on the yearly flow of water from the rivers. Today, water from the ...
Myrl Shireman, 2008
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Climate Change and Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in ...
Under the current regime of long-term flow regulation of the Syr-Darya River and seasonal flow regulation of the Amu-Darya River, these sources represent up to 11.5km3 yr−1 (18.4%) of the total water consumption and 457m3 of yearly per ...
Rattan Lal, M. Suleimenov, B.A. Stewart, 2007
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Systems and Human Science, for Safety, Security, and ...
[4], the total annual water demand in the Aral Sea region is 97.32 km3, with 53.55 km3 in the Amu Darya basin and 43.77 km3 in the Syr Darya basin. The agricultural sector is the primary user of water resources, accounting for 82% of the total ...
Tatsuo Arai, Shigeru Yamamoto, Kazuhisa Makino, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SYR DARYA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Syr Darya is used in the context of the following news items.
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Kazakh Fisherman Shot by Uzbek Border Guards
On Sunday, a Kazakh was shot on the Syr Darya and Monday, Kyrgyz and Uzbek border guards exchanged fire. Last Thursday, Uzbek guards fired on a pair of ... «The Diplomat, Jul 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 irrigated to sate its ... «The Diplomat, Jun 15»
3
Water: A Global Crisis
Bad planning diverted the waters of Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, which used to provide it with freshwater, for cotton production. Once the fourth largest ... «The Diplomat, Jun 15»
4
Kyrgyzstan's Power Sector Kept Waiting for Reform
Glacier melt is carried by Central Asia's 1,500-mile Amu Darya and 1,380-mile Syr Darya rivers, which originate in the Pamir and Tien Shan mountain ranges in ... «Silk Road Reporters, May 15»
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Central Asia's Hydropower Spat
... Karimov said, “We have affirmed our common position regarding the construction of new hydro technical facilities upstream of the Syr Darya and Amu Darya ... «The Diplomat, Dec 14»
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What the Disappearing Aral Sea Tells Us about the Value of Water
... half a century — ever since Soviet engineers began diverting the two rivers that sustain it, the Amu Darya and Syr Darya, in order to grow cotton in the desert. «NatGeo News Watch, Oct 14»
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The Aral Sea's Disappearing Act
To irrigate cotton fields in Central Asia, Soviet workers built 45 dams diverting the twin rivers of Central Asia's “little Mesopotamia,” the Amu Darya and Syr Darya, ... «Daily Beast, Oct 14»
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Watch one of the world's biggest seas disappear: Nasa releases …
Before the project, the Syr Darya and the Amu Darya rivers flowed down from the mountains, cut northwest through the Kyzylkum Desert, and finally pooled ... «Daily Mail, Sep 14»
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Once-Massive Aral Sea Is Drying Up (Photos)
The Aral Sea, once the fourth largest lake in the world, began shrinking after the Soviet Union started diverting water from two large rivers — the Syr Darya and ... «LiveScience.com, Sep 14»
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Water Pressures in Central Asia
Two states – Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan – have a surplus; the other three say they do not get their share from the region's great rivers, the Syr Darya and Amu ... «International Crisis Group, Sep 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Syr Darya [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/syr-darya>. May 2024 ».
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