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Oxus

Oxus proper noun: amu Darya (a major river in Central Asia).

Proper noun

Oxus

  1. (historical) Amu Darya (a major river in Central Asia)
    • By a happy coincidence, at around this time, reports began to reach him from Central Asia that rich deposits of gold were to be found there on the banks of the River Oxus […]1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 17

Origin of Oxus

From Latin Ōxus, from Ancient Greek Ὦξος (Ôxos). Doublet of Vakhsh.

Words formed from Oxus

Questions about Oxus

What does Oxus mean?
Oxus means amu Darya (a major river in Central Asia).
What part of speech is Oxus?
Oxus is a proper noun.

Words near Oxus in the dictionary

  1. Oxton
  2. oxtongue
  3. oxtongue spear
  4. oxtongues
  5. oxtriphylline
  6. Oxus
  7. Oxus Civilization
  8. Oxwich
  9. Oxwick
  10. oxwork
  11. oxy

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